Supreme Court of Missouri October 15, 1885 (Covey v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad)

Black, J.

— The plaintiff, a carpenter, was in the employ of the defendant and was engaged in repairing bridges. He and his co-laborers had furnished to them a hand-car, which they used in transporting .themselves and their tools from place to place. On the occasion in question, he and his other co-laborers, seven in all, got on the car with a chest of tools.