Legal Opinion

Kemp v. Hunter Transfer Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 22, 1931PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Kirby, J.,

(after stating the facts). In Wheeler v. Ellis, 183 Ark. 133, 35 S. W. (2d) 64, Where the negligence of the miaster was alleged to consist in the failure to exercise ordinary -care to supply the servant with safe tools- or appliances with which to do his work, the court said: “The action is founded on the alleged negligence of the master in failing to exercise ordinary care to furnish the servant with a safe tool or machine with which to- do the work, the presumption being that the master has done his duty in the furnishing of such appliance, but, when this presumption is overcome…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Devlin v. . SmithNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
  2. Runyan v. GoodrumSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1921
  3. St. L., I. M. & S. Ry. v. GainesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
  4. Bryant Lumber Co. v. StastneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  5. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. E. L. Bruce Company v. CorbettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1934

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