Lynch v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc.

Upon the finding it appears, substantially, that, at the time of the death of the father of the claimant, he was actually in the course of his employment and on the business of his employer, the respondent.

It was the duty of the deceased to act as a railroad crossing tender, to “flag” one-man trolley cars and to set and release semaphore signals at the grade crossing of the respondent where its railroad track was crossed at grade by trolley cars and other vehicles.

While attempting to cross the highway to set, a semaphore on the opposite side of the street the deceased was fatally injured by…