Jerry E. Collins v. Southern Pacific Company

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

Jerry E. Collins, appellant herein, filed an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the Southern Pacific Company, a corporation, appellee herein. The complaint was in two counts. The first cause of action was brought under the Federal Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C. A. §§ 4 and 11, 1 and alleged that appellant was ascending a ladder on a certain box car when he slipped on grease which was on one of the grab irons on said ladder; that he fell to the ground and received the injuries described in the complaint; and that…