Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; Frank Smith, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Defendant is a. corporation engaged in the sawing and manufacturing of lumber at Blytheville, in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Plaintiff was in its employ.
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Appeal from Mississippi Circuit Court, Chickasawba District; Frank Smith, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Defendant is a. corporation engaged in the sawing and manufacturing of lumber at Blytheville, in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Plaintiff was in its employ. He brought this suit for damages, alleging that while the plaintiff was engaged in the performance of his duties as “tripper," a slab, being conveyed by live rollers from the saw to the tripper chain or conveyor, became fastened in the tripper chain, and it was plaintiff’s duty to remove the slab and readjust it, and while engaged in…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Appellee grounds his right to recover upon the allegation that “it was the duty of Frank Sherrod, the edgerman, and also of John Young, the off-bearer, to throw the lever and deaden the live rollers to prevent injury to plaintiff, and that, knowing the plaintiff’s danger, which was to them apparent, they sent a slab or board moving down the live rollers while plaintiff was engaged in the performance of his duty removing the slab that had become fastened in the chains, and that said board or slab moving down the live rollers struck the plaintiff and crushed…
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