Tennessee Central Railway Co. v. Scarbrough

On February 6, 1926, the plaintiff Alex Scarbrough, a section hand in the employment of the Railway Company was injured by a smoke stack falling upon him from a steam shovel or dirt moving machine operated by the Railway Company during the performance of the work of extending a spur track running almost parallel with and connecting with the main line of the railway. The Railway Company was engaged in interstate, as well as intrastate, transportation of passengers and freight. The spur track was what is known as a doubling spur used constantly for placing upon it cars of interstate trains…