Chapman & Dewey Lumber Co. v. Andrews

Appellee sued appellant for damages for personal injuries sustained by him, a broken leg, when lie was struck by a piling which he was assisting in loading at appellant’s piling yard at Weona, Arkansas. The action was defended on the ground, among others, that appellee was not in its employ, but that the loading of piling at its Weona yard on board cars was let to an independent contractor, one Haley, and that, if appellee were negligently injured, it was an act for which Haley was responsible, and not appellant. Trial resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for $3,000.

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