Memphis Cotton Oil Co. v. Tolbert

A. T. Tolbert, appellee, instituted this suit in the district court of Hall county against appellant, Memphis Cotton Oil Company, for damages for personal injuries received while in the employment of appellant in and about its mill. The statement of the pleadings will be noticed later under assignments of error.

[1] The appellant presents as his first assignment the following:

“Because the judgment of the court is contrary to the law and the evidence and the findings of the jury in this said cause, in this: That the defendant pleaded as a defense assumed risk, fellow servant, and contributory…