Reynolds v. Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co.

On the afternoon of April 9, 1899, the plaintiff’s intestate, Reynolds, was killed in the defendant’s engine room. Reynolds was an assistant engineer whose duty it was to assist the principal engineer, Rankin, in operating several of the defendant’s engines. He had been at work in this capacity for about twenty days, and liad had considerable experience as a locomotive engineer. He was regarded as a competent man for the work. On the day of the accident, a few minutes before six o’clock, he was found lying on the floor, with his head between the governor wheel of an engine and the crank case,…