Arkansas Logging Co. v. Martin
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Desha' Circuit 'Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; STATEMENT BY' THE COURT. This is an appeal from a judgment for $20,000. The appellee .alleged that he was in the employ of the appellant; that appellant was engaged in the logging’ business; that .appellee was a laborer- on one of its skidders; that while the .skidder was being operated upon appellant’s dummy line it wa.s negligently and carelessly turned over ■and pinned appellee to the ground; that the exhaust…
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Appeal from Desha' Circuit 'Court; Antonio B. Grace, Judge; STATEMENT BY' THE COURT. This is an appeal from a judgment for $20,000. The appellee .alleged that he was in the employ of the appellant; that appellant was engaged in the logging’ business; that .appellee was a laborer- on one of its skidders; that while the .skidder was being operated upon appellant’s dummy line it wa.s negligently and carelessly turned over ■and pinned appellee to the ground; that the exhaust pipe burst, causing steam from the pipes to flow upon appellee’s body 'and left leg -for about an hour and a half, during…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). Conceding that exceptions were properly saved to the ruling of the court in rejecting the offered testimony of witness Maars and that this testimony was competent, there was no prejudicial error in the ruling of the court, for the reason that if the testimony .and the part of the contract offered had been read the result could not have been different. For, as we view the undisputed evidence, considering the excluded testimony and the paragraphs of the contract as a part of the evidence, the court correctly instructed the jury that if the appellee was…
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