Legal Opinion

Holliday v. Fulton Band Mill, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 7, 1944No. 10892PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

In appellant’s suit for damages for a personal injury sustained while working at appellee’s sawmill a verdict was directed for the defendant. This is the sole error specified on appeal, and the sole questions argued are whether appellant was given a reasonably safe' place to work, and whether the negligence of the sawyer was that of a fellow servant., The mill was a band-sawmill operated by the sawyer who controlled the motions of the carriage, and by a “dogger”, who worked to the rear of the saw and fastened the dogs into the logs, and by ap*1007pellant who as “off-bearer”…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tatum v. CrabtreeMississippi Supreme Court · 1922
  2. Olsen v. North Pacific Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
  3. Carey Reed Co. v. McDavidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  4. Southern Package Corp. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Mrs. Ivy L. Gordon v. Niagara MacHine & Tool WorksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  2. Wadiak v. Illinois Cent. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1953
  3. Mrs. Ivy L. Gordon v. Niagara MacHine & Tool WorksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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