SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. CARSON

No. 11773.

169 F.2d 734 (1948)

SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. CARSON.

Circuit Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 25, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Cornell, O. O. Collins, and John R. Allport, all of Los Angeles, Cal., and Lawrence L. Howe, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod and D. W. Brobst, all of Oakland, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the application of a provision of the Safety Appliance Acts, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 11 and 12,1 and the regulations thereunder.

Appellee, a yardman in appellant's employ, was injured in the latter's Tucson yard while engaged in switching a cut of cars consisting of a box car and two tank cars. It was his duty to ride this cut and tie it down in the clear of the switch points. He was on...

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