Orange Lumber Co. v. Ellis

This cause is before the Supreme Court upon Certified Questions as follows:

‘ ‘ This is an action by J. S. Ellis against the Orange Lumber Company to recover damages, laid at $15,000.00, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while operating a lath machine as a servant of defendant in its mill. A trial with a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for $5,500.00. Defendant filed its motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and it prosecutes this appeal.

“It is alleged in the petition that, while engaged in feeding slabs into the machine, a piece of a slab was thrown…