West Lumber Co. v. Morris & Barnes

This suit was originally one by A. D. Kinard against the present appellant, West Lumber Company, in the district court of Polk county, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Kinard as an employee of the West Lumber Company while performing his duty as what is termed a “log decker’’ in the woods out on appellant’s tramroad where logs were being piled or decked along the track, which were afterwards to be loaded on ears and hauled to appellant’s mill. Shortly after the suit was filed by Kinard, the West Lumber Company entered into a written contract of settlement with him, and…