Goethe-Howell Lumber Co. v. Stokes

This was a suit by Stokes against Goethe-Howell Lumber Company, a corporation, for damages al leged by reason of personal injuries received caused by tbe explosion of a throttle valve on a steam boiler.

The plaintiff was the employee and servant of the defendant in the operation of a saw-mill for which the boiler involved in this case was used to operate.

There are a number of assignments of error only one of which it will be needful for us to discuss.

The twenty-third assignment of error is based upon the action of the court in charging the jury as follows:

‘ ‘ If you find from the evidence the…