EDMONDS v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

Docket No. 16685.

142 Cal.App.2d 519 (1956)

299 P.2d 8

CLARENCE G. EDMONDS, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

June 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hildebrand, Bills & McLeod and D.W. Brobst for Appellant.

A.B. Dunne, R. Mitchell, S. Boyd and Dunne, Dunne & Phelps for Respondent.


WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Plaintiff, a railroad switchman, was injured while working as a skateman in defendant's retarder yard at Roseville.* He was braking a gondola car loaded with poles. He brought this action for damages (1) under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51), alleging (a) that defendant so negligently maintained the track with an unusually steep grade and so...

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