St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. Arms

On August 21, 1909, ap-pellee, J. A. Arms, was in the employ of the appellant at work at night at Francis, Okl., in the capacity of hostler. It was a part of his duty as hostler to assist in making engines ready for the road, which included the recleaning of ash pans of incoming engines at a pit provided for that purpose. Prior to May, 1909, a practice had grown up among the employés at Francis to draw the slide of the ash pans by means of a chain fastened to the track; the slide being drawn by hitching the chain to the pan and starting the engine. No chain was provided by the defendant for…