Harrison v. . R. R.

DEVIN and SEAWELL, JJ., concur in dissent. Civil action to recover damages for an alleged negligent injury.

On the night of 2 March, 1943, the plaintiff sustained a hernia while working for the defendant in its roundhouse at Spencer, N.C. He was assisting the engine carpenter in installing a 400-pound coupler in the front of an engine. It is in evidence that ordinarily three men, and sometimes four, were used in the installation of such a coupler, and that on this particular occasion, the engine was not flush with the roundhouse floor, as was customary, making it necessary to place a board…