Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Wilson

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson — •

Affirming.

Biner Wilson was a laborer in tbe service of tbe Louisville & Nashville Railroad: Company at its depot in Glasgow, Kentucky, working as a freight handler under B&yless Hester. When they were loading a hogshead of tobacco in a car Hester directed Wilson to go to one end of the hogshead, which was near the side of the car, and move it out. Wilson, in obedience to his orders, put his arm between the end of the hogshead and the car, preparing to pull the end out, when Hester and another man cut the hogshead in the opposite direction,…