Yellow Poplar Lumber Co. v. Goble

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged by the plaintiff, Frank Goble, suing by a next friend, to have been sustained by him as a result of the negligence of the defendant, the Yellow Poplar Lumber Company. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, which this writ of error brings under review.

In the view we take of the case it is only necessary to consider the last of the several assignments of error, which calls in question the action of the trial court in refusing to set aside the verdict as contrary to the law and the evidence.

It appears…