Wichita Falls, R. & Ft. W. Ry. Co. v. Combs

Plaintiff in error, railroad company, while engaged in interstate carriage of freight, had in its employ in the carriage of such freight defendant in error, Combs, who was acting in the capacity of freight conductor. While the engine and a string of freight cars was being backed, to a freight car that was standing, for the purpose of making a coupling, Combs, just before the moving car reached the standing ear, placed his foot on the drawhead of the moving car for the purpose of placing the couplers in line to make the coupling with the standing car. The cars failed to couple and in the…