Union Pac. R. Co. v. Brady

HOOK, Circuit Judge.

Thomas J. Brady, who will be referred to as the plaintiff, recovered a judgment against the -Union Pacific Railroad Company for personal injuries sustained while in its service at Laramie, Wyo. He was the foreman of a switching crew, consisting of himself, two other switchmen, and an engineer and fireman of a switch engine. A west-bound freight train had come into the yards at Laramie, the engine and caboose were detached, and plaintiff and his crew were engaged in transferring additional cars from another track to. that upon which the train lay, preparatory to coupling…