Carlo v. Bessemer Lake Erie R. R. Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Appellee was a freight brakeman. The train on which he worked, in going north, stopped at Branehton to take on coal and water. Branehton, within defined limits, Was duly designated as a yard and was governed by yard rules relative to train and engine or “switching” movements. It consisted of five tracks, two main tracks, two sidings, and a coaling plant-supply track, with siding and crossover switches. A coaling tipple spanned the tracks.

When plaintiff Carlo’s train reached the tipple, there was another train on the southbound main track that had stopped north of…