Grimes Gasoline Co. v. Taylor

This is an action brought in the district court of Okfuskee county by Dalton Taylor, a minor, by his next friend, J. M. Taylor, against Grimes Gasoline Company to recover damages for personal injuries.

Plaintiff alleges that he was employed by defendant in the capacity of pipe stabber and that while engaged in picking up a pipe, by and through the negligence of defendant’s foreman, he was struck in the mouth by a piece of pipe and thereby suffered injuries to his lip and teeth which caused him to be permanently disfigured.

The defense was that plaintiff’s injuries were compensable under the…