26 Ga. App. 136 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1921
The plaintiff was a railway employee who at the time of his injury was engaged in unloading piles from flat cars.
• The plaintiff’s evidence was, that he began the work in which he was injured “in January,” and was injured on January 9; “ that was the first piles I helped unload;” that while the foreman in charge of the unloading did not direct the cutting of the particular wire which immediately preceded the injury, he “ directed me to cut that wire, . . was present when this happened, and gave directions as to how to unload the car, and as to the cutting of the wires and the cutting of the standards,” and that he “ gave instructions about cutting the wire on the other side; and when [ cut the wire, I was following his directions.” The defendant offered no testimony, but at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evi
Judgment affirmed.