Perkins v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Lees, C.

Plaintiff was head brakeman on one of defendant’s freight trains. On September 16, 1920, he was injured when he fell from the train while it was running between Cokato and Smith Lake in this state. He brought this action under the Federal Employers Liability Act, charging defendant with negligence in the following particulars: *228(1) In permitting the handhold on top of a refrigerator car next to the engine to become so insecure that it pulled out as plaintiff was descending from the car to the tender; (2) in operating the engine with a “Johnson bar” or reverse lever, which was so…