Richards v. City Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by Jake Bichards against the City Lumber Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from tbe circuit court of Pike county. Hon. D. M. Miller, Judge. Suit by Jake Bichards against the City Lumber Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. We desire to call the attention of the court especially to what we believe to be serious errors committed by the trial judge, as follows: First, in refusing to grant to plaintiff below tbe instruction asked by him, and refused, numbered “4.” Second, in granting to defendant below tbe instructions asked by it, and given, numbered “6” and “11.” With regard to the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcLean, J.
Appellant was in the employ of the appellee in appellee’s saw and planing mill, and while so employed was *689injured, and this suit is brought to recover for the injuries sustained. The count in the declaration is that it was the duty of the master to provide the plaintiff with a reasonably safe place in which to do the work assigned him, and to furnish the plaintiff with suitable, safe, and sufficient machinery and appliances with which to do the work, but that the defendant did not perform its duty in this respect; and the declaration further alleges that the work enjoined upon plaintiff…
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