Patton v. Lake

CAMMACK, Judge.

The appellant, Ellis G. Patton, recovered $100 for the loss of a part of his right index finger. He is appealing because of the alleged smallness of the sum awarded him and because of alleged errors occurring at the trial.

Patton was a road contractor. He and a partner obtained a contract with the State to grade, drain and surface a road in Ohio County. He had a contract with the Fort Hartford Stone Company, which 'obligated it to furnish, deliver and spread crushed rock under Patton’s supervision. The ap-pellee, Joe Dale Lake, was a truck owner. *918Under a contract with the Fort…