Holton v. Clayco Gas Co.

Lively, President:

In this action of trespass on the case for personal injuries, plaintiff, Joseph Holton, recovered a judgment of $2,000.00 against the defendant, Clayco Gas Company. This writ followed.

Plaintiff’s amended declaration charges that the Gas Company, a non-subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, while engaged in building a gas pipe line in Lincoln county, employed the plaintiff to work for it; that it was the duty of the defendant company to provide the plaintiff safe roads and places, in and over which to work and travel while so employed; that the defendant company and…