Odom v. Walker

Walker, appellee, obtained a judgment against Odom and Tillery, appellants, for personal injuries caused by a fall which resulted, so Walker alleged, from his compliance with an urgent order of appellants, as masters, to him, as their servant, directing him into a dangerous and unsafe place to work, while he was engaged as a carpenter in the employ of appellants in the construction of a dwelling house.

Appellants first say that Walker is precluded from recovery because he knew of the dangerous condition of the place into which he was ordered to go. The dangerous condition consisted in this: A…