Hickman v. Weidman

Appellant sned appellees to recover damages for personal injuries received by liim while in their employ as a log-hauler in the woods. He was driving a four-mule team hitched to a log wagon, riding the lead mule of the rear span, and, while avoiding an obstruction in the log road, the wagon ran over a sapling which was dragged down onto appellant, striking him on the back and neck with such force as to crush him down on the pommel of the saddle, break three of his ribs and otherwise seriously injure him. Negligence of appellees was alleged to be that they failed to furnish him a safe place to…