March 11, 1954.
OXNER, Justice.
Appellant, Tom Barwell, an uneducated and unskilled Negro laborer about 40 years of age, while loading lumber on a truck on February 16, 1951, sustained a rather serious injury when a heavy piece of lumber fell from a nearby stack or pile behind him, striking one of his legs. He brought suit against respondents by whom he was employed in their sawmilling operations. Respondents entered a general denial and also pleaded contributory...
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