Central Kentucky Gas Co. v. Cantrell

*292Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Reversing.

The Central Kentucky Gas Company was engaged in excavating a deep ditch for the purpose of lowering its pipe line at a certain point in Johnson county, and appellee, Cantrell, with a number of other men, was aiding on the work. While so engaged Cantrell asserts that he so exerted and strained himself in his side and abdomen as to cause hernia, which has practically destroyed his power to perform labor and earn money. This action was instituted in the Johnson circuit court against the gas company to recover damages for the injury,- and a trial…