Schneider v. Lehigh Valley R.

The plaintiff’s intestate met his death in the defendant’s yard at Ardmore, Pennsylvania, while engaged in attempting to move a locomotive that was undergoing repairs. The repairs were extensive; they ' were commenced two months before the accident and were not completed until a month thereafter. Before the repairs were begun this locomotive had been used sometimes in interstate commerce and sometimes in intrastate commerce as the defendant’s business might require. After they were completed the locomotive was similarly used. On the day of the accident it was to be pushed by a yard engine…