Helm v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

On April 3rd, 1911, the appellant, Helm, was severely injured while in the service of the appellee. Helm was employed as a special agent or detective by the appellee, his duties requiring him, among other things, to inspect the seals of cars, broken cars, and cars which had been broken into.

At the time he received the injuries referred to, Helm was engaged in examining the seals on the ends of two ears which were coupled together in the yard of the appellee’s road in Danville. While examining the seals he was in between the two cars, with one foot…