Western Maryland Railway Co. v. Sanner

This suit was brought to recover damages for personal injuries resulting to the appellee, under the following circumstances: .James H. Sanner was a brakeanan on a passenger train of the appellant, runningl from Cumberland, Maryland, to Elkins, West Virginia, On the 13th of July, 1914, he was on a west bound train, and as the train approached a place known as Neff’s 'Siding, where it was to meet an east bound train, the plaintiff took a position on the locomotive in order to be ready to jump off, and throw the switch, which would enable his train to pass into the siding. As the place came in…