Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad v. Jones
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court; Alexander M. DuEEie, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 3d of May, 1903, Ebenezer Jones was working for the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company as a member of a bridge gang under a foreman named Collier. On that day Collier and his gang were ordered to assist Tillman, the foreman of another gang, in the erection of a rock crusher on the line of the railway.
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Appeal from Saline Circuit Court; Alexander M. DuEEie, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 3d of May, 1903, Ebenezer Jones was working for the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad Company as a member of a bridge gang under a foreman named Collier. On that day Collier and his gang were ordered to assist Tillman, the foreman of another gang, in the erection of a rock crusher on the line of the railway. The wooden structure on which the rock crusher rested was built of heavy sawed timbers. It was located against the side of a steep hill. The top of this wooden structure next to the hill was about…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by a railroad company from a judgment against it for damages for an injury to one of its employees while he was acting under the orders of a foreman in charge of the work upon which plaintiff was engaged at the time of his injury. The plaintiff and three or four other workmen were on the top of a wooden structure erected as a support for an iron rock crusher. The heavy iron part of the rock crusher was lifted into position by means of a “traveler” with a crane attached, worked by a steam engine. In placing the top of the rock crusher in…
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