Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railroad v. Wright

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). It is first insisted that the judgment should be reversed because the court erred in not directing a verdict for the defendant. We cannot agree with counsel in this contention. At the outset it may be stated that the plaintiff was-a section hand, and riding home from work on one of the defendant’s motor cars, and was entitled to be treated as an employee at the time the injury occurred.. St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Barron, 166 Ark. 641, and Arkansas Land & Lbr. Co. v. Cook, 157 Ark. 245.

It is also the settled rule of law in.this State that, where the…