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Show BBV 1 j. TRAINMEN'S STATUS H ; ' IS FIXED BY COURT BBV i. ' Railroad Cannot Escape Liability BBB 'I When Men Are Worked More BBS J Than Legal Hours BhH "" """ " BBv j San rmnclsco, Feb, 1. Thrco do BBV , i clulons further clarifying tho feder- BBf nl statute of l'J07 regulating tho hours BBf ' of railroad employes, io- lumloroi' BBv ' hero today by the United States clr BBV ' cult court of appeals. B In n case decided against the Nor B .1 thorn I'aclllc rullroad, tho court hold B 1 that being In duty Is equivalent U BBV I continuous emplo)lncnt. A Northern BBB 'I I'aclllc train crew wnB on duty more BBV than sixteen hours, although part of BBV that tlmo It was Idle, so far as m aim BBV nl labor ent, owing to a stop. BBS Had weather nnd washouts, the BBV court held In tho caso of tho San BBV Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Laxo road BBV do not excuse thu company .for work- BBV lug a crow mora hours thnn the law BBV allows, It thero Is opportunity In tho BBV course of tho run to change crews, BBS Tho deiislon Implied that where tho BBS company Is not hi control of the sit- BBS I nation, It cuunot reasonably bo hold BBS i In anothor caso affecting tho same BBS ,i , road tho lower court was ravorsad BBS ' and tho company absolved. A rail-BBS rail-BBS , road tolegraph operator who worked B j moro than tho nine hours allowed by H .( v$ tho law, In ordor that bo might ro-BBS ro-BBS 1 V lievo a sick man, was found to bo B ' Included In tho emergency provisions BBS tho H 1 ) Whllo thoy last, two bundles of old BBS 'i nowspapors for a nlckol. |