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 raise by his proof a reasonable presumption of negligence. If the facts proved made it probable that the defendant neglected its duty, it is for the jury to decide. Greenleaf v. Railroad Co., 29 Iowa 14-46; Benzing v. Stenway, 101 N. Y. 553; Morton v. Railroad Co., 46 N. W. Rep. 111.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CORLISS, C. J. The circumstances under which plaintiff was injured we think warranted the jury in finding that the defendant's negligence was one of the proximate causes of the damage which the plaintiff suffered. He was an employe of the defendant, acting as switchman. The first important fact in the history of the accident was the stepping of the plaintiff upon the foot-board of a switch engine to rido down upon it to a flat-car standing upon a curved switch, for the purpose of aiding in coupling the engine to the car in order to transfer it to another track. The car did not belong to defendant, but was owned by the Union Tank Line Company. This fact is of no moment, however, as the defendant was bound to inspect this foreign car the same as one of its own cars. Goodrich v. Railroad Co., 116 N. Y. 398, 41 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases, 259, 22 N. E. Rep. 397; Gottlieb v. Railroad Co., 100 N. Y. 462, 24 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases 421, 3 N. E. Rep. 344; Railroad Co. v. Kernan, 78 Tex. 294, 14 S. W. Rep. 668; Bomar v. Railroad Co., 42 La. Ann. 983, 8 S. Rep. 478; Fay v. Railroad Co., 30 Minn: 231, 11 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases 193, 15 N. W. Rep. 241; O'Neil v. Railroad Co., 9 Fed. Rep. 337; Railroad Co. v. Barber, 44 Kan. 612, 44 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases 523; Gutridge v. Railroad Co., 94 Mo. 468, 7 S. W. Rep. 476. It was defendant's duty to make this inspection before incorporating the car into one of its trains. More than sufficient time had elapsed since receiving the car to enable it to perform this duty, as the accident occurred in Jamestown, in this state, a considerable distance beyond the point where the car must have first come into its possession. It had been long enough in its custody to be carried to its destination and unloaded, as it was standing empty upon the switch at the time plaintiff was injured. There is no proof that the car was ever inspected. The defect was of such a nature