Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Willhite

Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Yan Sant, Commissioner

—Reversing.

Appellee instituted the action against appellant to recover for injuries sustained while in the employ of appellant, as a result of alleged negligence in requiring him to lift cross-ties without providing a sufficient and adequate number of fellow workmen. The petition alleges that appellee informed the foreman in charge of the work that the number of workmen assigned to the handling of the cross-ties was insufficient to perform safely the work required. That he refused to perform the work, but was advised by the foreman that the force…