Jefferson v. Denkmann Lumber Co.

Appellant, Willie Jefferson, sued the Denkmann Lumber Company, appellee, for personal injuries sustained by his carrying, with the assistance of other laborers, two heavy steel rails, one of which, as alleged in the declaration, due to its heavy weight, the insufficient number of men carrying it, and the lack of necessary appliances for doing the work, causing one of the men supporting the rail to stumble, and thereby letting it fall on the right leg of appellee and injuring him. An issue was made in the lower court resulting in a verdict by the jury for the appellee, and appeal is prosecuted…