McCall v. Pitcairn

The appellee in this action was a conductor on a train of the- Wabash Railway running from Moulton, Iowa, to Ottumwa, Iowa, and was so engaged on January 15, 1941, the date of the alleged injury. This Ottumwa line connects at Moulton with a line operated by appellants from Des Moines, Iowa, to Moberly, Missouri. On January 15th appellee states that he took his regular run to Ottumwa and returned in the evening of the same day. It was stormy, having been raining lightly and sleeting, and the rain was freezing on the ground. A part of appellee’s daily duties consisted of switching operations in…