Meridian Grain & Elevator Co. v. Jones

Appellee brought this action in the circuit court of Lauderdale county against appellant to recover damages for an injury suffered by him (chronic bronchitis) alleged to have been caused by appellant’s failure to furnish him a reasonably safe place to work.

For a good many years appellant has operated a plant in the city of Meridian for the manufacture of mixed feeds for horses, cattle, and chickens, the principal ingredients of which are oats, corn, alfalfa meal, and molasses. The plant is rather large. Appellee was one of the employees from January, 1921, to March, 1931. Most of the time he…