Doneyho v. Scottdale Connecting Railroad

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaefer,

Plaintiff was employed by the McKinney Steel Company as the operator of a locomotive crane. The steel company and defendant, Scottdale Connecting Railroad Company, used a railroad siding in common. Plaintiff was directed by Ms employer to load sand on the siding and the crane was put in position by a locomotive belonging to the steel company. When plaintiff had completed loading the sand, the crane could not at once be moved from the siding owing to the presence of cars thereon. Plaintiff, upon learning this, decided to do some work on the brake under the flat…