Van Horn v. Southern Pacific Co.

AGEE, J. pro tem. *

This is an action for damages brought by an injured employee against his employer, Southern Pacific Company, under the provisions of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.). Plaintiff was a yard clerk whose duties required him to go into the railroad yards, walk beside the trains and take the numbers from incoming and outgoing cars. Although he had worked for Southern Pacific as a yard clerk for about seven months, the day of the accident, January 8, 1953, was the first day that he had been assigned to work in Richmond. His previous work had been in…