Rask v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment for $15,000, rendered, under the federal employers’ liability act, in favor of the plaintiif for damages caused by injuries sustained by him in a collision between railroad locomotives while he was employed by the defendant as an engineer on a locomotive pulling an extra freight train.

The defendant argues that the injuries of the plaintiif were caused solely by his own negligence in disobeying the company’s rule 93. That rule reads as follows:

“Rule 93. Stations having yard limits will be designated in…