Bobo

An action by Josephine Bobo, as administratrix of the estate of Perry E. Bobo, deceased, to recover damages from defendant corporation on account of the death of decedent. At the time of his death decedent was employed by defendant as a bridge-tender on a drawbridge operated by it over and across Petaluma Creek, in Marin County.

Plaintiff alleged that decedent while in the performance of his duties slipped and fell from the steps leading to the top of the drawbridge and was precipitated into the waters of the creek, causing his death; that defendant negligently failed to provide him with a safe place to work in that the steps were constructed and maintained in a manner which rendered them unsafe, namely, that it failed to install proper guard-rails thereon and on the approaches thereto, and “permitted said steps to become uneven so that they sloped and permitted water to collect in depressions on said steps, on which said deceased slipped and fell”.

Decedent had been employed as a bridge-tender for about six months, his working hours being between 9 P. M. and 5 A. M. It is admitted that he was engaged in interstate commerce. He came to work as usual on the night of November 3,…