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TOMBIGBEE MILL & LUMBER CO. v. HOLLINGSWORTH

No. 11908.

162 F.2d 763 (1947)

TOMBIGBEE MILL & LUMBER CO., Inc. v. HOLLINGSWORTH et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 1, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. C. Hannah, of Hattiesburg, Miss., and John H. Holloman, of Columbus, Miss., for appellant.

Jas. A. Cunningham, of Booneville, Miss., and W. P. Stribling, of Columbus, Miss., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

WALLER, Circuit Judge.

It is shown that there was an exposed set screw in the collar of a shaft in the defendant's saw mill, around which the metal was broken away, and that the cuff of the trousers of the plaintiff's husband became ensnarled by the set screw, with the results that his body was wound around the revolving shaft and his life was extinguished.

Mr. Hollingsworth, the deceased, was a lumber grader in defendant's saw mill, but there is testimony...

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