Hunt v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.

Hunt sued the railroad company for personal injuries. He was standing near a sidetrack, adjacent to which was a platform connected with a dry kiln of the Central Manufacturing Company. The sidetrack ran alongside the platform, and was used for ears in loading and unloading lumber. Hunt, who was an employee of the Central Manufacturing Company, had started across the sidetrack to deliver a message to a fellow workman standing on the opposite side, conversing with the conductor. He halted near the sidetrack and the platform to let a switch-engine and some cars pass by. On the platform was a…