Brown v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

Kellogg, A. L., J.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Fred D. Brown, against the defendant, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, to recover damages by reason of injuries which he claims to have sustained while in the defendant’s employ, as an engineer, on its railroad, and in charge of one of its locomotives, on the 12th day of January, 1915.

It is conceded that, at the time the plaintiff contends he received his injuries, the defendant was engaged in interstate commerce.

It appears that it became necessary for the plaintiff, in operating the locomotive, to reverse the lever used in applying…