Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Gray
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by John G. Gray against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, for damages for injury while in its employment. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
de GRAFFENRIED, J.
The plaintiff was injured while at work, or while he claims that he was at work, on a dead engine in a roundhouse at Decatur. The injury occurred about 1 o’clock at night. While the plaintiff was at work, or claims that he was at work, on the engine, another engine was run into the roundhouse, and, while this latter engine was being put in place, it struck a tank, causing it to collide with the dead engine upon which the plaintiff was at work, or upon which he claims he was at work, and the plaintiff thus received painful and serious injuries.(1) According to the testimony…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cogbill v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
3Cited by1 opinion
- Louisville & N. R. Co. v. EcholsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1919