Barber v. Parker

“ Appellee brought suit in the circuit court of Crawford County against appellant to recover damages in the sum of $5,000 for injuries received while assisting to fill a pit or shaft fourteen feet long, ten feet wide, and fifteen feet deep with green concrete to serve as a foundation for a concrete pillar to be constructed thereon.

It was alleged in the complaint that he had never worked in a pit or shaft in which concrete was being poured; tliat he had no knowledge or way of knowing that the cement in the concrete would burn and blister his feet and legs; that in entering said pit he relied…