Goodyear Yellow Pine Co. v. Mitchell

Appellee brought this action against appellant in the circuit court of Pearl River county to recover damages for an injury received by him while in the employ of appellant, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the latter. There was a trial resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee in the sum of three thousand dollars. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

Appellee was employed as a laborer in the lumber plant of appellant at Picayune. His work was in the pattern department and crate shed. A part of his duties was to assemble packages of boards and…