Purvis v. Ware Construction Co.

STATEMENT OP THE CASE

REYNOLDS, J.

This is a siut to recover $20.00 per week for 400 weeks under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for in*685juries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff in an accident on November 27, 1925, while in the employ of the defendant.

The injuries are alleged to have been sustained while ¡plaintiff and a co-laborer were engaged in pulling up from the ground a piece of timber 2x12 inches, approximately 18 feet long and weighing about 80 pounds, which piece of timber, it is alleged, while being so pulled up, slipped and jerked plaintiff, spraining his right arm, causing a…