R. B. Tyler Co. v. Cantrell

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

— Affirming.

The appellee, E. L. Cantrell, Jr., recovered a judgment for $11,873 against the E. B. Tyler Company for personal injuries sustained in the course of his employment by that company and for medical and hospital expenses. The accident in which appellee was injured occurred in Eichmond, Kentucky, on July 11, 1936. The appellant was engaged in oiling certain streets and highways in Eichmond and Madison county, and had employed appellee as a helper to A. H. Ovesen to operate an oil distributor. Heavy asphalt road oil was used in the work, and, in order…