Federal Compress Warehouse Company v. Parrott

Appellee brought suit in the Lawrence Circuit Court to recover damages for an injury received while in the employ of appellant.. The appellee was employed by the appellant as a tie man, but it was his duty to help load cotton on the oars and to do any work which he was directed to do. Appellant provided what it called a “gang plank,” onb end of which rested on the platform and the other end -was in the door of the car into which the cotton was being- loaded. This gang plank, which was iron, was about four feet long and three feet wide. The bale of cotton was placed on a truck and carried on…