Hollifield v. . Telephone Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the joint negligence of the defendants.

Plaintiff alleged that on 1 August, 1913, he was employed by the defendant company to load the cars of the C. C. and O. Railway Company with telephone poles 50 feet in length and from 18 inches to 2 feet in diameter at one end and 6 to 10 inches at the other. That the bark had been peeled from the poles, and they were not only very heavy, but "hard to handle with hand-power only." That it would require a dozen men to load the cars with safety, and that the…