Edgar Lumber Co. v. Denton

This is an action by the appellee against the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries. The appellee, in his complaint, alleg-ed that he was in the employ of the appellant as a laborer at its lumber plant at Wesson, Arkansas; that he and a colaboren were directed to erect a wooden tramway upon which to convey lumber; that the tramway was about four feet high from the ground; that the appellee and his co-laborer were engaged in laying a floor on trestle work; that the floor was being constructed out of lumber of various lengths, ranging from two to eight feet; that a few minutes…