Compton v. Louis Rich Construction Co.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by defendant's negligence. Defendant is a corporation which was engaged in the construction of a concrete roadway or pavement on Manchester Road in St. Louis County. Plaintiff was injured on May 15, 1922, at or about noon of that day. Plaintiff alleges in his petition that, on said date and while in the employ of defendant, he was ordered and instructed by a superintendent or foreman of defendant, in charge of and directing plaintiff, to drive a Fordson tractor from defendant's construction camp to a…