Robson v. Martin

Opinion bx

Mr. Justice Sadler,

Martin, a codefendant with the Globe Indemnity Company, his compensation insurance carrier, was a subcontractor under another, and engaged in filling and leveling a lot of ground, so that it could be made available for the construction of a coal storage yard. It was necessary, under his agreement, to haul cinder and culm used in grading for a mile along a highway which crossed the tracks of a railroad. He hired several automobile trucks for this purpose, including one from Martinelli. The latter furnished his machine with a driver, employed by him, receiving in…