Dierks Lumber & Coal Co. v. Tollerson

Tbe record and briefs in this case are voluminous, but tbe essential facts may be briefly stated as follows:

Tbe appellee, W. A. Tollerson, bad been in tbe employ of tbe appellant and an associated company for several years. He was engaged in laying tracks on log roads and spurs thereof and taking up tbe same when they bad served their purpose and locating them in other places. He had been promoted from time to time until, at the time of his injury which was the occasion of this suit, he was foreman of the steel gang and acting as conductor on the work train which transported his crew and…