Edmonds v. Southern Pacific Co.

WOOD (Fred B.), J.

Plaintiff, a railroad switchman, was injured while working as a skateman in defendant’s retarder yard at Roseville.* He was braking a gondola car loaded *522with poles. He brought this action for damages (1) under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51), alleging (a) that defendant so negligently maintained the track with an unusually steep grade and so carelessly controlled the car that the car moved at an unusually high rate of speed and (b) that defendant so negligently maintained, inspected and serviced the poles (in the car on which plaintiff was injured)…