Burruss v. Suddith

The Circuit Court of Campbell County rendered judgment for $5500 damages against the defendants, Burruss Land and Lumber Company, a partnership (plaintiffs in error), in favor of the plaintiff W. E. Suddith. The plaintiff’s notice of motion for judgment alleges that he sustained severe physical injuries by being struck by a log thrown from a ripsaw or edger machine while he was rightfully on the premises of defendants’ sawmill or planing mill, and that the injuries were caused by the negligence of defendants’ agents and servants in the operation of said machine in negligently failing to warn…