Ford v. Bodcaw Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. An employee is entitled to all the information his employer has in regard to the danger of the employment. 14 Am. & Eng. Ene.
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Appeal from Lafayette Circuit Court. Charles W. Smith, Judge. An employee is entitled to all the information his employer has in regard to the danger of the employment. 14 Am. & Eng. Ene. Law, 800; 44 Cal. 187. Instruction No. 14 should have been given. 39 Ark. 17; 53 Ark. 1x7; 48 S. W. 1005. A servant can not voluntarily and unnecessarily expose himself to danger. 41 Ark. 542; 46 Ark. 388. Whether or not appellant was guilty of contributory negligence was a question for the jury. 59 Ark. 215; 58 Ark. 217; 39 Ark. 38; 2 Thomp. Neg. 977. Instructions Nos. 7 and 14 were properly refused. 56…
1Opinion of the CourtBattue, J.
This action was brought by W. J. Ford, as administrator, for the benefit of the estate and next of kin of Dorus Ford, deceased, against the Bodcaw Lumber Company for damages occasioned by injuries the deceased received while in the employment of the defendant.
On the 21st day of June, 1901, the defendant was operating a mill at Stamps in this State. Dorus Ford was employed as a laborer in the mill, and was killed by a piece of plank violently thrown from one of the defendant’s machines, an edger, at which he was at the time working. In the trial of this action before a jury evidence was…
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