Montana Supreme Court November 23, 1907, No. 2,454 (Lewis v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co.)

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BRANTLY

delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for the loss of his left hand, sustained while in the employ of the defendant company. It is alleged that the injury was occasioned by’the negligence of the engineer of defendant’s locomotive while drawing a train upon which the plaintiff was employed as a brakeman.