St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Aiken
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Franklin. Circuit Court, Ozark District; Jeptha II. Evans, Judge; The court erred in refusing to permit appellant to continue the examination of talesman R. T. Patrick. 24 Cyc. 341, 342; 7 Cranch 290; 57 Cal. 102; 23 Cal. 375; 121 Pa.
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Appeal from Franklin. Circuit Court, Ozark District; Jeptha II. Evans, Judge; The court erred in refusing to permit appellant to continue the examination of talesman R. T. Patrick. 24 Cyc. 341, 342; 7 Cranch 290; 57 Cal. 102; 23 Cal. 375; 121 Pa. St. 455; 14 Ga. 22; 8 So. 838; 69 Tex. 650; 83 Mo. 589; 2 Dev. & B. 212; 3 Wis. 827; 69 111. 303; 1 Denio 308; 5 Cal. 347; 69 Ark. 139; Id. 594; 71 Ark. 367; 51 Ark. 177. The court should have directed a verdict for appellant, 91 Ark. 260; 86 Ark. 290; 91 U. S. 469; 105 Id. 249; 213 Id. 674. Appellant was entitled to an instruction defining…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
The plaintiff, W. T. Aiken, while working for defendant railway company, was run over by an engine; and both legs were cut off. He was 17 years old at the time, and sues the company to recover compensation for said injury, alleging that the same was feaused by negligence of the engine hostler who had charge of the engine at the time. He recovered judgment below for.damages in an amount which is not claimed to be excessive, and the defendant has appealed.
Plaintiff was working as assistant, or herder, as the position is termed, to the hostler. He had been working for the company about two…
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