Erie Rd. v. Public Utilities Commission

The order of the Public Utilities Commission found that:

‘ ‘ The Erie Railroad Company has been using the yard master at the Erie yards at Kent for the purpose of supplying the necessary man to full crew certain operations and that during the time the said yard master is so occupied there is no one to perform the duties of yard master.

“In the opinion of the Commission, this is a double assignment of duties to the yard master and the statute [Section 12557-1, General Code], as well as the safe operation of the yards [Section 614-3, General Code], requires that the yard master’s com píete time…