Graham v. Brummett

Brummett, the appellee, recovered a-judgment against the appellant, Graham, for personal injuries sustained by him as the servant of the latter while about the performance of his duties.

Tersely stated, the essential facts are these; The appellee testified that there were two scaffolds, an upper scaffold approximately fourteen feet above the concrete floor of the stave mill in which he was working for the appellant; and a lower one, approximately a foot and a half below the upper scaffold; that the upper scaffold consisted of two by eight inch planks, which ran east by west, parallel with each…