Walden v. Cumberland Railroad
Walden v. Cumberland Railroad
Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Affirming.
The opinion on a former appeal of this case, which may be found in 166 Ky. 371, states the facts so fully that it is not necessary to repeat them here. In the former opinion the case, on the appeal of the railroad company, was reversed with directions to instruct the jury to find for it on the evidence found in that record. On a return of the case, the appellant, Walden, filed an amended petition setting up that at the time of the injuries he complained of, the Cumberland Railroad Company was engaged in interstate commerce, and he was employed by it in such commerce, and on this new issue,
We do not think the new evidence sufficient to show that the railroad company was. engaged in interstate commerce, but if we should be mistaken about this, it is very clear that Walden, who was injured while walking on the tracks on his way to repair a dwelling house occupied as a residence by the general manager of the railroad company, was not, at the time, employed by the company in interstate commerce, or in a service so closely related thereto as to be a part thereof.
Wherefore, the judgment is affirmed.
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