Ellis v. Henderson

Riley, President:

This is an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for personal injuries, instituted in the Circuit Court of Putnam County by the plaintiff, Albert C. Ellis, against the defendants, B. L. Henderson and Aubrey Henderson, the former’s alleged employee, in which the plaintiff was awarded a judgment in the amount of nine thousand dollars based upon a verdict of the jury. To this judgment the defendants, B. L. Henderson and Aubrey Henderson, prosecute this writ of error.

The case is now before this Court on a rehearing.

The plaintiff relied upon the doctrine of res ipsa…