Baldwin, Trustees Mo. Pac. R.R. v. Hunnicutt

Appellee was, at the time of receiving the injuries hereinafter mentioned, an employee of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company as a carpenter in the B. B. gang. On February 24, 1934, while engaged in repairing the coal chute and tracks connected therewith, he received a severe and painful injury which resulted in the loss of his left eye. At the time of the injury he was working under the immediate direction of his foreman and was assisting in the removal of a 6x8 timber on the incline track, leading up to the coal chute, which is called a guard rail. These guard rails are notched down over…