Murfin v. Pennsylvania Rd

*529OPINION

By FUNK, J.

First, counsel for plaintiff contend that, as the trial of this cause involved the violation of federal statutes enacted for the protection of employees of a railroad, and particularly that of an engineer who is required to operate a defectively equipped locomotive, and which statutes provided that the defenses of assumed risk and contributory negligence should not apply where the violation of such statutes contributed to the injury or death of such employee, the court erred in charging the jury concerning those defenses.

It will be noted that the petition sought to recover…