Justus v. Lincoln Traction Co.

In March, 1907, the plaintiff in order to qualify himself for the occupation of a street car conductor, and by the direction of the defendant’s superintendent, accompanied one of its conductors upon a car. The conductor was to instruct the plaintiff in the duties incident to the vocation. The plaintiff, was injured before daylight and at a time when no passengers were in the car. The conductor and the plaintiff were each reading a newspaper as the car approached a switch which, if opened, would permit the car to pass from one railway to another. The motorman shut off the greater part of the…