Phillips v. Keltner's Adm'r

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

James E. Keltner’s administrator brought this action against J. M. Phillips to recover damages for Kelt-ner’s death alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, his employer, in failing to furnish him a safe place to work. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment against Phillips for $2,000 and he appeals.

In the summer of 1936, appellant was engaged in the business of molding concrete bricks near the town of Columbia in Adair County. He employed ten or twelve men, including the decedent, James E. Keltner, who at…