Allen Gravel Co. v. Yarbrough

The appellee was plaintiff in the court below, and brought suit for a personal injury, alleging that at the time of the receipt of the injury he was employed by the defendant company as track repairer, and as such he was ordered to take a certain wrench and put in some holts in haste that the engine might pass over the frog without delay, and that said company negligently furnished him with a defective wrench with which to perform the work, and this and other wrenches were defective and dangerous because they were of soft material, and worn, and would slip when tightened on a nut and power…