Southern Compress Company v. Elston

Appellee, a negro, was employed by appellant, a domestic corporation, his duties at the time of his injury being to help unload and weigh bales of cotton which were brought to appellant’s compress and warehouse in Brinkley. On October 31, 1940, appellee and Mose Clark, colored, were working together unloading bales of cotton from wagons and other vehicles, placing them on the scales to be weighed and otherwise handling the bales.

The warehouse had been filled, and at the time of the injury cotton was being unloaded and weighed on scales located on the ground near the warehouse. Mose…