Cameron v. Vandergriff
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Sebastian Circuit Court. J. S. Little, Judge. Appellants’ rejected prayers for instructions, referred to in the opinion, are as follows: 2. “They are further instructed that if they find that such warning was given by defendants, or their agents, and that plaintiff by ordinary care and diligence could have acted upon such warning and notice, and failed to do so, or attempted to act upon it in a tardy, careless or indifferent manner, then he could not claim…
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APPEAL from Sebastian Circuit Court. J. S. Little, Judge. Appellants’ rejected prayers for instructions, referred to in the opinion, are as follows: 2. “They are further instructed that if they find that such warning was given by defendants, or their agents, and that plaintiff by ordinary care and diligence could have acted upon such warning and notice, and failed to do so, or attempted to act upon it in a tardy, careless or indifferent manner, then he could not claim negligence on the part of the defendants in this case; and that if there be affirmative evidence that a warning was given that…
1Opinion of the CourtHemingway, J.
The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellants for damages on account of personal injuries to him, occasioned by the alleged negligence of appellants while engaged in blasting rock near where the appellee was at work.
It is contended that the appellants were not liable to the appellee, because he was upon their premises, and they owed no duty to him in the performance of their work. If it were conceded that their contention as to the law was right, the facts would not justify its application in this case. All the parties were, at the time of the accident, on the premises of a third'…
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