Good v. Ferguson & Wheeler Land, Lumber & Handle Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. If the appellant ivas young, inexperienced and without warning placed in a dangerous place to work, and was injured by sand getting into his eye through the negligence and carelessness of Phillips in failing to adjust a proper nose-piece with a proper-sized shoulder to grind the handles, etc., there was liability on the part of the Western Handle Company at least.
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Appeal from Clay Circuit Court, Western District; W. J. Driver, Judge; 1. If the appellant ivas young, inexperienced and without warning placed in a dangerous place to work, and was injured by sand getting into his eye through the negligence and carelessness of Phillips in failing to adjust a proper nose-piece with a proper-sized shoulder to grind the handles, etc., there was liability on the part of the Western Handle Company at least. In determining whether the court ivas authorized in taking these questions from the jury, that view of the evidence will be taken which is most favorable to…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
This is an action instituted by the plaintiff, Herbert Good, against two Missouri corporations, the Western Handle Company, and the Ferguson & Wheeler Land, Lumber & Handle Company, George B. Wheeler and William Ferguson, to recover damages for personal injuries received while at work in the service of the first of the above-named corporations.
The Western Handle Company seems not to have been served with process, and did not appear, in the action. The same may be said of William Ferguson, another of the defendants.
The Ferguson & Wheeler Land, Lumber & Handle Company answered all of the…
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