Galow v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 131 F. 242
• 65 C.C.A. 507
• 1904 U.S. App. LEXIS 4290

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant — Injuries to Servant — Defective Appliances.</p> <p>Where a partition made of planks nailed to piles under a railroad trestle was temporarily erected to separate piles of broken stone and sand dumped under the trestle, to be used in making certain concrete foundations, and such partition was put up, taken down, and transferred as the work progressed by the workmen themselves, the master was not liable for injuries to a servant caused by his being struck by three of the planks which fell from the top of the partition by reason of their being insufficiently secured.</p>