Hogg v. Caudill

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Reversing.

Q-eorge Hogg and Stephen Caudill were partners in the business of cutting, sawing and marketing certain timber, which they owned jointly, on land in Letcher county. The firm name was . Hogg & Caudill. At the same time Stephen Caudill was operating a steam sawmill near the timber on Little Cowan creek, and Hiram Johnson was one of his employees. During the course of his employment Johnson was injured, and, in settlement of his claim for damages, Caudill entered into a written contract with him by which he undertook to bind the partnership of Hogg &…