Reader Railroad v. Sanders

The appellee filed suit in the Nevada Circuit Court against the appellant, alleging that he was shop foreman and master mechanic, and that, while he was standing on the running board of an engine in the shop on March 21, 1932, a tree fell upon the shop roof, mashing in the sheet-iron roof, and that certain rafters or pieces of limbs struck bim on the head, knocking him from the running board to the floor, where he fell across a carpenter’s horse, severely injuring him. lie alleged that the injury was caused by the joint and concurring negligence of appellant and Ray Oliver, its agent and…