Grayson-McLeod Lumber Co. v. Carter
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. Joee D. Conway, Judge. A servant who knowingly consents to work in a place of danger will be held to assume the attendant risk. 56 Ark. 53; 57 Ark. 82-; 68 Ark.'316; 56 Ark. 232; 58 Ark. 168; 27 Minn. 367; 34 Minn. 94; 78 S. W. 363; 124 Ind. 326; 134 Ind. 625; 41 Minn; 289; 88 Wis. 376; 18 R. I. 513; 31 S. W. 525; 34 S. W. 298; 39 Fed. 65; 115 Ind. 566; in N. Y. 520; 54 Wis. 226; 66 la. 305; 18 Fed. 239; 126 Fed. 494. The court should have…
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Appeal from Clark Circuit Court. Joee D. Conway, Judge. A servant who knowingly consents to work in a place of danger will be held to assume the attendant risk. 56 Ark. 53; 57 Ark. 82-; 68 Ark.'316; 56 Ark. 232; 58 Ark. 168; 27 Minn. 367; 34 Minn. 94; 78 S. W. 363; 124 Ind. 326; 134 Ind. 625; 41 Minn; 289; 88 Wis. 376; 18 R. I. 513; 31 S. W. 525; 34 S. W. 298; 39 Fed. 65; 115 Ind. 566; in N. Y. 520; 54 Wis. 226; 66 la. 305; 18 Fed. 239; 126 Fed. 494. The court should have given the fourth instruction asked by appellant. 89 Mich. 249; 47 Minn. 128. An order from a master to a servant is…
1Opinion of the CourtBatteE, J.
Henry Carter sued Grayson-McLeod Lumber Company for damages arising from personal injuries. He alleged, in his complaint, substantially as follows: “That defendant owns and operates a line of railway in connection with its sawmill at Gurdon. That plaintiff is a common laborer, and was in 1892 in defendant’s employ, engaged in removing a railway trestle; that he was ordered to go upon a trestle by defendant’s superintendent, who assured him that it was safe; that in obedience to said order, being unaware of the danger, he went upon the trestle, and wdiile there at work it fell, and he was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ford v. Bodcaw Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1904
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