Harris v. Pounds

Appellee recovered judgment in an action of tort against appellants on the allegation that appellee and five co-workers, employes of appellants, were ordered by appellants, over the protest of appellee, to carry a hardwood log over rough, uneven and slippery ground, it be ing averred by appellee that tbe log was too heavy to be • safely carried by six men over such ground, and that appellants should have known this on the exercise of reasonable care.

In considering this complaint of appellee, that the log which he and his five fellow workers were required, by concerted action, to carry was too…