Pullman Co. v. Ward

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Nunn

Affirming.

This is the second appeal of this case. The opinion on the first appeal may be found’ in 138 Ky., 554. On the first trial in the lower court, a peremptory instruction was given in behalf of appellant upon the idea that as the railroad company received the car from the Pullman Company, it was alone responsible to its employes for injuries received by the handling and use of it, as appellant had no contractual relation with appellee, it was not responsible to him. This court took a different view of the matter and said that as the Pullman Company had…