Davis v. W. T. Carter & Bro.

Appellant sued appellees, a partnership doing a general sawmill and lumber manufacturing business, to recover damages for injuries received by him while working for them in cutting and clearing out a right of way; the alleged injuries arising from being struck by a falling limb. He charged that appellees were negligent in the following particulars:

“(a) In not providing a safe place for the plaintiff to work, in that the work required that the ground be cleared of rubbish about the trees being cut, so as to allow plaintiff and those with him to dodge falling limbs, but plaintiff was ordered to…