Wisconsin & Arkansas Lumber Co. v. Price
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, a young man twenty-two years of age, was in the employ of appellant. His usual work was taking down what was called “strip stock” and loading same on a lumber truck, which he designated “the buggy.” On the morning of the 18th of May, 1914, the foreman of appellee ordered him to leave his usual work and go down and pull lumber off of the chains.
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Appeal from Hot Spring Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee, a young man twenty-two years of age, was in the employ of appellant. His usual work was taking down what was called “strip stock” and loading same on a lumber truck, which he designated “the buggy.” On the morning of the 18th of May, 1914, the foreman of appellee ordered him to leave his usual work and go down and pull lumber off of the chains. The duty of taking the lumber from the chains required that appellee stand at a certain point, with the transfer chains at his right and the truck or buggy…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
(after stating the facts.) The appellant contends that the undisputed evidence shows that it is not liable. This is the only ground urged for a reversal of the judgment.
It appears that appellee received his injury by taking hold of the plank with his left hand gripped to the end of it and shoving the end so gripped against the plank on the lumber buggy. If he had caught hold of the board on the side with both hands, and had not had his left hand on the end when he shoved it against the plank on the lumber buggy, he would not have been hurt. He had loaded possibly three or four buggies that…
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