Tisneros v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding the locomotive not in use where it had been turned over to the plaintiff “fire knocker” whose duties included making the locomotive ready for future use
• engine had ended its service run and was in a stall in the roundhouse
• “The engineer had left ... Plaintiff then started to perform his duty,” which was to “build[ ] up and maintain[ ] the fire, to have it in condition for future use ...”

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