Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Richardson

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, J. H. Richardson, recovered judgment against the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, defendant, for personal injuries sustained while plaintiff was employed by defendant in the capacity of a lineman, and while he was engaged with a number of other workmen in dismantling telephone lines in the city of Atlanta.

The defendant had employed in this work, at the time the plaintiff was injured, 15 or 20 crews. There was a foreman of each crew. The foreman of plaintiffs crew was one Garner, the foreman of another crew was one Chaffin, and these two crews…