Buren v. Southern Pac. Co.

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was employed by the appellee railroad-company as a brakeman. On August 6th he was engaged in running a freight train from San Francisco east. At Port Costa the train was run onto the Southern Pacific Company’s ferryboat Solano, and was ferried across the Carquinez Straits to Beni-cia. It was the duty of the appellant to tighten the brakes on the ears when they were run onto the ferryboat and to loosen them as they were about to be run off the boat. On arriving at Benicia, appellant climbed on top of a box car to loosen the brake, and while he was standing…