Gulfport Fertilizer Co. v. Bilbo

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Harrison county, awarding the appellee damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of the negligence of the appellant in failing to exercise reasonable care to furnish him a reasonably safe place to work.

Appellee was employed by appellant to work in its fertilizer factory, and at the time of his injury, he and other employees were engaged in breaking up and removing a large pile of material used in the manufacture of fertilizer which was stored in a large bin or compartment of one of appellant’s…