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SINKLER v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 133.

356 U.S. 326 (1958)

78 S.Ct. 758

2 L.Ed.2d 799

SINKLER v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius O. Ryan argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Robert H. Kelley and J. Edwin Smith.

Roy L. Arterbury argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Walter F. Woodul.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner was employed by the respondent railroad as a cook on the private car of respondent's general manager. He was working on the car when a switching crew, employed by the Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company (hereinafter the Belt Railway), undertook to switch the car from one track to another in the Union Station at Houston, Texas. Through the fault of the switching crew, the car was caused...

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