Hopkins v. Turner

From a judgment against appellant in favor of appellee for damages for personal injuries in the sum of $500, this appeal is prosecuted. The complaint charged negligence in failing to provide a safe place and tools in the work in which appellee was engaged and in failing to warn appellee of the dangers attendant upon his employment. Among the defenses tendered was ap-pellee’s own contributory negligence to the casualty which caused his injury.

The appellee was the principal witness in his own behalf. According to his testimony, he was employed by appellant to work on the yard of appellant’s…