T. Towles & Co. v. Miles
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM WILLIAMSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Williamson County to the Court of Civil Appeals and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court. — D. Wikle, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
delivered tlie opinion of t'lie Court.
This is a suit for personal injuries by Miles against the firm of Towles & Co., which was engaged as principal contractor in the construction of a twenty-five mile section of the Lewisburg & Northern Railroad. Miles recovered a judgment in the court below, and this judgment has been affirmed by the court of civil appeals.
Miles- claims to have been injured while in the employ of Towles & Co., and while engaged in erecting bents of a temporary trestle; and the defense made to his action is that he was in the employ of an independent contractor, Straley &…
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