Tosh v. Illinois Central Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke —

Affirming.

The appellant, Walter Tosh, had been employed for about four years by the appellee railroad company as a section hand, prior to May 8,' 1922, and for the last two years of that time was a member of the crew of which the appellee, T. E. Harper, was1 f oreman. Claiming on that date to have injured the muscles of his back rand hips in assisting to load a 30-foot T-rail on a hand car, as directed by his foreman Harper, and'that his .injuries resulted from the failure to furnish him sufficient help for the purpose, he instituted this action against…