Harper v. Cook

Given, President:

Plaintiff, Billy Harper, an infant, who sues by his next friend, instituted his action against defendant, R. L. Cook, doing business as Cook Lumber Company, in the Circuit Court of Boone County, for recovery of damages resulting from burns to his feet incurred- at a sawmill owned and operated by defendant. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $7,500.00. The circuit court denied a motion to set aside the verdict, and entered judgment thereon. This Court granted a writ of, error to the judgment.

Sometime in May, 1951, defendant moved his sawmill to a site…