Joyce-Watkins Co. v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiff in error is engaged in the business of creosoting and shipping railroad ties. Its plant is on the Ohio river, near Metropolis. The ties are brought to a place on the shore of the river by river barges. A double-track railway extends from the plant to this point. On the river bank it is laid on an inclined structure extending from the bank to a point about 260 feet into the river as the water in the river stood on March 24, 1924. Defendant in error, Tom Minley, was on that date employed by plaintiff in error in transferring ties from the barges to cars standing on the incline. There…