Lee County Gin Co. v. Middlebrooks

The appellee, Middlebrooks, sued the appellant, the Lee County Gin Company, for damages for personal injuries, the cause was submitted to a jury, a substantial verdict was rendered, and there was a judgment against the gin company, from which judgment appeal is prosecuted here.

The appellee, Middlebrooks, had carried his cotton to the gin, where his loaded wagon was waiting in line while the cotton from other wagons ahead of him was being-unloaded, ginned, and the cotton in bales reloaded in the wagons and moved on. While appellee was standing in the gin yard near the road which was used as an…