Vantrease v. Smith

delivered tbe opinion of the Court.

*255On May 29, 1920, the plaintiff, R. E. Vantrease, while employed at the sawmill of the defendant, A. J. Smith, in Nashville, accidentally had two of .his fingers crushed.

The defendant, Smith, has never had more than six persons employed at said mill at one time. The affidavit of the defendant, copied into the record, upon this question is as follows:

“Affiant states: That for a number of years he has been engaged in the business of buying, selling, and dealing in cedar, including the manufacture of logs, posts, etc That continuously since 1915 his office has…