Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Hardy

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson—

Affirming.

James J. Hardy, a brakeman in the service of thé Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, was thrown from a freight car and injured at Ford, Kentucky, on April 6, 1909. He brought this suit to recover for his injuries, and recovered in the circuit court $4,000. The railroad company appeals.

'The facts of the case as shown by the proof for the plaintiff are these: The train on which Hardy was employed took a side track at Ford to allow another train to pass. They had in the train a car which was to be put off. There was at Ford a side track…