Hegwood v. J. J. Newman Lumber Co.

Appellant filed suit for personal injuries against the appellee. There was a judgment fop the defendant, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

The appellant was employed by the appellee to operate an upright steam engine for the purpose of supplying water in a tank used for operation of its logging trains; that is to say, the upright engine pumped the water into the tank, and from the tank the boilers of the engines used in the logging operations were supplied. The tank and the upright engine was operated in a rural section near a stream, and plaintiff’s work required his services from twelve…