Aponaug Mfg. Co. v. Carroll

Appellee recovered a judgment of $5,000 in the circuit court of Yazoo County for an injury sustained while he was attempting to lower a large beam, suspended by a block and tackle, which was being operated by him in the cotton mill of the appellant, and which fell to the floor on account of the alleged defective condition of such appliance. The beam in question, which weighed approximately 500 pounds and was about 6 feet in length, had' been conveyed from the weaver room of the mill, by means of this block and tackle, known as a Yale and Townes hoist, into the room where the accident…