Director General of Railroads v. Templin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Action at law by Minnie Témplin, administratrix of Burd Templin, deceased, against the Director General of Railraods. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
This writ of error brings here for review a judgment in favor of the plaintiff below for the death of Burd Templin, who was killed while working as a brakeman on a freight train of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company. The facts of the case are briefly these: Preparatory to making a stop, Templin’s train was moving slowly on a sidetrack next to the southbound main track in the defendant’s yard at Reading, Pennsylvania. While his train was still moving, Templin jumped down from between two box cars into the space between his train and the southbound track, on which…
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