Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Parsons

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Reversing.

The appellant, whom we will call defendant, seeks to reverse a judgment for $4,000.00 recovered against it "by the appellee, whom we will refer to as the plaintiff. Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a brakemen, and it is claimed that on October 23, 1922, while he was engaged in releasing the brakes on a train of loaded coal cars, he received an injury when he attempted to use what he says was a defective ratchet brake, which brake would not work, and which threw him from the car, causing the injury complained of. In his réport of the…