Compton v. Southern Pacific Co.

Plaintiff, while employed as a machinist in the roundhouse of defendant railroad company at Yuma, Arizona, and while working on a locomotive of defendant admittedly engaged in interstate commerce, received injuries for which this action was brought. The locomotive was in an unsafe condition in that the check valve on the boiler was defective causing steam to escape into the pump on which plaintiff was working. It is not contended that the unsafe condition was caused by the negligence of defendant or its employees, the sole basis of liability being that defendant violated the Boiler Inspection…