Bundy v. Sierra Lumber Co.

This action is brought by plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in the discharge of his duty while in the employment of defendant. Plaintiff on September 23, 1901, was an engineer engaged in operating a “logging train” over the railroad of defendant in hauling logs from Beale Camp to its mill at Lyonsville, a distance of about fifteen miles. The railroad of defendant between these points crossed a high trestle known as the “Big Wible Trestle,” which, while the plaintiff was passing over it on the date mentioned with a “logging train,” went down with the engine and cars,…