Hercules Powder Co. v. Hammack

Appellee, Hammack, sued the Hercules Powder Company for damages for personal injuries sustained, and recovered in the court below in the sum of two thousand dollars.

The plaintiff testified in the court below that he was employed by Mr. Murray, who was employed by the Hercules Powder Company as general woods superintendent, and that he was told by Mr. Murray to resume the performance of duties which he had performed in the year before as “tonger,” that he reported to Murray for work, and was ordered by Murray to report to Dean, who was the woods foreman, and that Dean pointed out Bussell and…