Arkansas Western Gas Co. v. Bragg

On July 26, 1935, appellee was in the employ of appellant as a welder’s helper, the welder being one John Dunson, and they were engaged in welding pipe in a pipe line appellant was laying near Spring-dale, in Washington county. Two metal tanks were used by them in their work, one containing oxygen and the other acetylene, and weighing about 230 and 165 pounds respectively. In the progress of the work, it became necessary to move these tanks, and this was done by loading them on a small truck. Carl Watson, who appears to have had general charge of the work, directed appellee to load the tanks…