Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Hay's Admr.

*656Opinios op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

Robert Hay, a colored laborer, was killed at Hartford, Kentucky, on August 8,1910, in the following manner : Some contractors who were doing work in the town had crushed stone hauled to them on the railroad by the carload. These cars were placed on the sidetrack and were unloaded by the contractors. Hay was one of the laborers whose duty it was to shovel the stone from the car to the wagon. When switching had to be done, so that these cars had to be moved, notice was given by the railroad men, the wagons were driven off, and sometimes the…