McDonald v. Hall-Neely Lumber Co.

Griffith, J.,

delivered a dissenting opinion.

Appellees, Hall and others, were engaged as partners in the sawmill and lumber business, operating under the firm name of Hall & Neely. Their sawmill plant was located at New Albany. As a part of their business, and in order to furnish their sawmill with the necessary raw material, they purchased logs throughout the adjacent and available territory within reach of their plant, and had these logs brought to their sawmill at New Albany by means of trucks over the public highways. An em ployee of appellees named Neely had charge of buying the logs in…