Kentucky Lumber Co. v. Nicholson

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

*813The Kentucky Lumber Company operates a saw mill and manufacturing plant near the line of the Louisville & Nashville E. E. Company’s tracks, and from its tracks a spur track runs into the grounds of the mill on which cars are put to be loaded and unloaded. The appellee, Nicholson, sustained personal injuries while assisting in the manner hereafter stated to throw a switch lever on this track, and in a suit to recover damages for the injuries so sustained there was a verdict and judgment in his behalf.

The petition states the cause of action thus:…