Barnes v. Akins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

A feed and seed store owned by John Akins caught fire about eight o’clock on a winter morning. The fire department threw water into and upon the building, a part of which ran over the sidewalk and street in front of it, and in a short time formed ice. J. C. Barnes, a teamster in Akins’ employ, was helping in the work, in which from fifteen to thirty people were engaged, of getting out as much of the stock as possible. He undertook to carry a ninety-eight pound sack of bran on his shoulder to a place of safety across the street. He passed out…