Henry Wrape Co. v. Huddleston
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Green Circuit Court. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. The plaintiff cannot recover, because he was guilty of contributory negligence, in that he used too short a stick in unclogging the saw. 70 N. W. 176; 163 Mass. 515; 23 Pa. St. 147; 36 Ark. 46; ib. 377; 51 Ark. 467; 47 Ark. 504; 41 Ark. 542; 95 U. S. 439; 71 Fed. 270; 8 Pac. 888; 67 N. W. 633; 40 N. E. 430; 37 N. E. 1065; 148 Mass. 533. The evidence does not support the verdict.
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Appeal from Green Circuit Court. Felix G. Taylor, Judge. The plaintiff cannot recover, because he was guilty of contributory negligence, in that he used too short a stick in unclogging the saw. 70 N. W. 176; 163 Mass. 515; 23 Pa. St. 147; 36 Ark. 46; ib. 377; 51 Ark. 467; 47 Ark. 504; 41 Ark. 542; 95 U. S. 439; 71 Fed. 270; 8 Pac. 888; 67 N. W. 633; 40 N. E. 430; 37 N. E. 1065; 148 Mass. 533. The evidence does not support the verdict. The court erred in the admission of evidence and in giving and refusing instructions. It was error to allow counsel for plaintiff to say, in the presence and…
1Opinion of the Court
Bunn," C. J.
This is a suit for personal damages by the appellee as an employee of appellant, a corporation operating a stave factory. The damages claimed were $5,000, and the jury returned a verdict for $1,000, and judgment was rendered accordingly, and from this judgment this appeal was taken.
The charge of negligence against the company is, in effect, that it failed and neglected to maintain a reasonably safe place in which the plaintiff was required to work, and to keep reasonably safe implements with which he was required to work, and specifically that, while plaintiff was required to…
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