Luther McGill, Inc. v. Watkins

In the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial District of Jones County the appellee, as plaintiff, was given a substantial judgment for personal injuries. The jury was instructed peremptorily on the issue of liability to find for plaintiff. This was error.

The declaration charged that on August 8, 1962, at about 2:30 P.M., the plaintiff, an employee of Mehler Construction Company, had been directed to assist the defendants in clearing a right of way for hig’hway construction. His work was to hook a chain attached to a cable around stumps and trees in order that same might be pulled out of the…