Case Name: BALTIMORE & O. RY. CO. v. ROBERTSON
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1924-06-13
Citations: 2 Ohio Law Abs. 740
Docket Number: No. 4007
Parties: BALTIMORE & O. RY. CO. v. ROBERTSON
Judges: 
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 2
Pages: 740–741

Head Matter:
No. 771
BALTIMORE & O. RY. CO. v. ROBERTSON
U. S. Appeals, Sixth Circuit
No. 4007.
Decided June 13, 1924
991. RAILROAD — Railroad’s negligence as to watchman on trestle held question far jury.

Opinion:
TUTTLE, D. J.
Epitomized Opinion
This was an action for personal injuries. Robertson was employed by the B. & O. Ry. Go. as a watchman at a certain railroad bridge during a strike. It was customary for the trains as they approached this bridge to blow their whistle, as there was a' sharp curve about 450 feet from the bridge. While Robertson was patrolling this bridge, he was struck by one of the railroad company's trains and seriously injured. He claimed that no whistle was blown and that in his effort ot get off of the bridge before being struck he cause his foot between a guard rail and a steel rail and before he could get the same released he was struck by the engine. The jury returned a verdict for Robertson, whereupon Railway Co. prosecuted error. The Circuit Court of Appeals held:
Attorneys — W. T. Kinder, for B. & O. Ry. Co.; Luther Day and Edward Davidson, for Robertson.
1. Where there was evidence tending to prove an allegation that the customary warning was not given to a watchman patrolling a tiestle at night by an approaching train, by which he was struck and injured, and to sutain other material allegations of negligence, the question of defendant's negligence held properly submitted to the jury.