Stone v. New York Central Railroad

Cochrane, P. J.:

This claim should have been dismissed because the claimant was engaged in work pertaining to interstate commerce. His duty was to grease or lubricate engines as they were about to start on their trips. His duty applied to all engines whether they were about to haul interstate or intrastate trains. On the morning of the accident he began work about eight o’clock. He was injured fifteen or twenty minutes thereafter. With his hands he removed the dope or lubricating material from the container where it was kept into two pails in which he was to carry the dope to the engines a…