River, Rail & Harbor Construction Co. v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulk, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee instituted this action against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while working for appellant. Appellant was engaged in the work of preventing banks of rivers from caving. It used the Gabion sjrstem. The system is patented, and is so arranged that it changes the current of the river where it is washing.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy Fulk, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee instituted this action against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries received by him while working for appellant. Appellant was engaged in the work of preventing banks of rivers from caving. It used the Gabion sjrstem. The system is patented, and is so arranged that it changes the current of the river where it is washing. As a part of the system, poles of wood bent in the form of a half circle and fastened together are used. They are called hoops. The hoops are made in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts). Appellee testified that Mr. Taylor was a servant engaged in the making of hoops, and was standing about ten for twelve feet away when he was injured. Appellee said that Taylor came to him at once when he was injured; and, when asked, “What did he say?” answered, “He said if he had been doing his duty and making them like he should have made them, it wouldn’t have happened, and he wouldn’t have had it happened for a hundred dollars, and I was in so much pain I didn’t pay any attention.”
This testimony was permitted to go to the jury over the objections of the…
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