Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Montgomery

The appellee, Alex. Montgomery, on June 7,1930, was in the employ of the appellant, Missouri Pacific Bailroad Company, as a brakeman on a freight train running from Monroe, Louisiana, to El Dorado, Arkansas. While in the service of appellant as such brakeman, he was under the direction of the conductor, who was in charge of the train, getting out a switch list, sitting down at the conductor’s desk in the caboose. He had been called by the conductor and directed to do this work. While engaged in this work, he was thrown against the desk by a violent jerk of the train and injured. The appellee…