St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Inman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. Under the circumstances of this case, and because of the nature of the work in which deceased was engaged, there was no duty resting on appellant to provide him with a safe place to work, but deceased assumed all the risks and hazards of the employment.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; 1. Under the circumstances of this case, and because of the nature of the work in which deceased was engaged, there was no duty resting on appellant to provide him with a safe place to work, but deceased assumed all the risks and hazards of the employment. Appellee is aided by no presumption of negligence on the part of appellant. 79 Ark. 76; 179 U. S. '658; 76 Ark. 69; 58 Ark. 217; 73 Ark. 55 ; 65 Red. 48; 67 Red. 507; 144- Red. 605. See, also, on the question of assumed risk, 46 Ark. 569; 54 Ark. 389; 61 Ark. 549; 63 Ark. 427; 64 Ark.…
1Opinion of the Court
Battue), J.
Matilda Inman, as administratrix of L- H. In-man, deceased, brought this action against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company to recover damages occasioned by the death of her intestate. She alleged in her complaint that L. H. Inman was, on the 12th day of September, 1904, a bridge carpenter, and was in the employment of the defendant, and that one J. A. Woodall was the foreman of a gang of men with which he was working at that time, and on that day, while working under such foreman on a bridge of the defendant across the Ouachita River, near Arkadelphia, another…
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