Brookhaven Lumber & Mfg. Co. v. Adams

This is a suit by Jim Adams, Sr., the father of and as next friend of his minor son, Jim Adams, Jr., against the appellant to recover damages for an injury sustained by Adams, Jr., who will hereafter be called the appellee, while in the appellant’s employ, because of the appellant’s alleged negligence, and from a judgment in favor of the appellee for ten thousand dollars, the appellant has appealed to this court.

The appellant owns and operates a sawmill and employed the appellee to work therein at a trimmer table. Under this trimmer table and extending seven and one-half inches beyond it was…