Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. Sideboard

•Appellee, a colored man, entered in the employment of appellant railroad as a freight train brakeman on October 1, 1910. After four years in that capacity, he was transferred to the passenger service, where continuously from 1914 to March 14, 1928, he performed the joint duties of porter and brakeman on passenger trains from Vicksburg to New Orleans and return.

During the period of federal control there was issued by the director general of railroads the following order, effective as of June 1, 1918:

“1. Employees in a passenger train crew, except conductor, collector aiid baggagemaster,…