Idol v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

Appellant and plaintiff below, L. R. Idol, was employed by appellee and defendant below, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, as a machinist in its roundhouse in Corbin, Ky., and a part of his duties was to set valves on defendant’s engines when needed and when requested to do so. He had performed the same kind of work for different employers for a number of years, and on December 3, 1921, he had been working for defendant in the same capacity for something like two years. On *82that day at about 8:30 p. m. he sustained the injuries for which he…