McDonald v. Louisville Nashville Railroad Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Stanley

Reversing.

The appellant, George McDonald, was employed in the yards of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company at Corbin as a carpenter car repairer. On the late afternoon of August 21, 1923, he with two companions were directed by their foreman, Cruse, to go with him nearby to move a wheel taken from an engine tender. While as a part of his duty he sometimes assisted in removing wheels or trucks from under cars being repaired, ordinarily the work to which he was called was done by another crew, termed the “bull gang,” a sobriquet given because…