Standard Pipe Line Co. v. Gwaltney

(after stating the facts). It is first urged that the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict in appellant’s favor at the conclusion of the testimony for appellee and also after all the testimony was introduced. It is insisted that there was no substantial testimony supporting the allegations of negligence on the part of appellant or that working in the water and slush caused the injury to appellee; appellant insisting that the undisputed testimony disclosed that appellee was an experienced workman, knew as much about the conditions under which the work was to be done as any one, and…