Burkland v. Oregon Short Line R. R. Co.

Appellant was employed for 24 years by the respondent company as a locomotive fireman and engineer; during most of that time he had served the company as a fireman and operated locomotives in all classes of service. From December, 1933, up to the time of his injury he had been assigned a short run every third day from Ogden, his home town, to Salt Lake City; his day’s work consisted of three trips between Ogden and Salt Lake City. On the morning of February 9, 1934, shortly after nine o’clock, appellant and his engineer Duffin left Ogden on the Los Angeles, Limited (a transcontinental train),…