Shaw v. . Handle Co.

The material facts are:

W. D. Shaw, plaintiff's intestate, was employed by the defendant, the National Handle Company, and had the superintendency of its logging business — "log foreman." He was in charge of logs in the woods, seeing the logs cut down and rafted. The raft was turned loose on Roanoke River to float down to Plymouth. A colored man in a canoe went along with the raft until it was met by the defendant company's boat. At the time of his death Shaw was in the employ of defendant, the National Handle Company, and had been for two years. Joe Dixon was superintendent under the…