Muncie Foundry & Machine Co. v. Thompson

The record in this case discloses that on July 8,1918, the appellee began working for appellant, at its plant in Muncie, Indiana, unloading coke from the freight cars in which it was shipped to the plant into the “bins” of appellant at said plant; that this coke was shoveled from the car into the hopper of a conveyor, by which it was carried and dumped into the bins; that appellee was working under an agreement at the time of his injury, by which he was to receive as compensation for his labor forty cents per ton for the coke unloaded; that prior to the time of receiving the injury complained…