Long v. Southern Railway Co.

Opinion op the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

Plaintiff, James Long, brought this action against defendant, Southern Railway Company in Kentucky, to recover damages for personal injuries. .At the conclu*287sion of plaintiff’s evidence the-trial court directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

It is admitted that defendant is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce. At the time of his injury plaintiff was a section hand, and engaged in doing such manual labor as his foreman might direct. Defendant had on hand a large number of ties which had been…