Nichols v. St. Louis S. F. R. Co.

The trial court correctly concluded', from the facts found, that petitioner, at the-time of liis injury, was engaged in interstate commerce. ,

The following is from 2 Roberts Federal Liabilities of Carriers (2d Ed.) § 754: “The-actual policing of trains, to the end that passengers shall not be molested or property in; transit damaged or stolen was and still is a function of the trainmen, and a part of the act of carriage. It is none the less so when-the multiplication of a carrier’s responsibilities induces it to supplement this watchfulness of the train crew by placing on trains- and in yards…