Legal Opinion

Booth Flynn Company v. Pearsall

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided December 8, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hart, iC. J.,

(after stating the facts). According to the settled law of this State, it is the duty of the master to exercise ordinary care to provide his servants with a reasonably safe place in which to work and reasonably safe appliances with which to work. Woodson v. Prescott & Northwestern Ry. Co., 91 Ark. 388, 121 S. W. 273 ; and International Harvester Co. of America v. Hawkins, 180 Ark. 1056, 24 S. W. (2d) 310.

It is also well settled that, in order to warrant a finding* that negligence is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear .that the injury was the natural and probable…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pittsburg Reduction Co. v. HortonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  2. International Harvester Co. of America v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1930
  3. Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia & Mississippi Railroad v. BentonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  4. Woodson v. Prescott & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
  5. Cleaver v. Bert Johnson Orchards, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1927

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ben M. Hogan & Co. v. KrugSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
  2. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. BurnsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1933
  3. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. BryanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1938
  4. Chapman v. HendersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
  5. Arkansas-Louisiana Gas Company v. TuggleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940

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