United States Steel Corporation v. Hugh McCraney

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

The suit was for damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff, an employee of O & E Trucking Company, who was injured while unloading for the consignee at Laurel, Mississippi, a shipment of casing or pipe which had been loaded by the defendant at McKeesport, Pa., and consigned to Lareo Drilling Co.

The claim was that the defendant was negligent in the discharge of its duty in loading said car to use safe stakes or standards which were strong and substantial enough to hold the casing and/or pipe in place. 1

The defendant answered, admitting that the car was loaded…