M. E. PEACE LUMBER CO. v. WYRICK

No. 5-242.

262 S.W.2d 894 (1953)

M. E. PEACE LUMBER CO. et al. v. WYRICK.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 21, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gannaway & Gannaway, Little Rock, for appellants.

Melvin T. Chambers, Magnolia, for appellee.


MILLWEE, Justice.

On August 29, 1951, Steve Wyrick, an employee of appellant, M. E. Peace Lumber Company, was engaged in his regular occupation of running a rip-saw at appellant's mill in Magnolia, Arkansas. It was an extremely hot day with the temperature reaching 104 degrees. Wyrick worked in a building which had a tin roof and tin walls, and there was a dry kiln about fifty feet from the point where he was working and an open refuse fire about 150 feet away. Some...

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