Hellriegel v. Dunham

TRIMBLE, J. —

Plaintiff was employed in the shops maintained by defendants in connection with the operation of their street railway system in Kansas City for the repair of the rolling stock, tracks, etc., of said railway. He, in company with two others, Bronstein and Manlove, was operating a rail bending machine under the direction of Sunner, a foreman or straw boss. Rails were being bent in a somewhat circular form for use in a curve on the tracks of the system at a street intersection. The rail bending machine was on wheels set upon a track and the rails to be bent were lying in a pile…