Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Keahey

STOKES, Justice.

The record in this case discloses that on and before the 5th of December, 1932, D. Keahey was employed in highway construction work in Wheeler County by Stuckey Construction Company. His duties consisted, in part, of flooding or wetting the road-bed ahead of the concrete mixer, and on the day mentioned he, -with several other employees, was dragging a large water hose which became entangled with another hose and, in order to release it, he made a lunge or jerk upon it, the reaction from which caused him to slip and fall, striking his back and hip against the ground, causing…