F. W. MARTIN & CO. v. COBB

No. 11578.

110 F.2d 159 (1940)

F. W. MARTIN & CO. v. COBB.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 5, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. Arnold, of Texarkana, Ark. (Atchley & Vance, of Texarkana, Tex., and Arnold & Arnold, of Texarkana, Ark., on the brief), for appellant.

Ben Shaver, of Texarkana, Ark. (James D. Shaver and James H. Williams, both of Texarkana, Ark., Jeptha A. Evans and Charles I. Evans, both of Booneville, Ark., Shaver, Shaver & Williams, of Texarkana, Ark., and Evans & Evans, of Booneville, Ark., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOODROUGH and THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and NORDBYE, District Judge.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

In this suit against an employer for damages for personal injuries resulting in the death of its employee, the jury assessed damages in favor of the widow as administratrix in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and this appeal is taken by the employer from the judgment rendered against it on the verdict.

It was alleged in the plaintiff's complaint that at the time of the accident the defendant was engaged in drilling a well in the...

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