J. J. Newman Lumber Co. v. Irving

Citations

• 118 Miss. 59
• 79 So. 2

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant. Fellow servant. Abrogation. of doctrine. Application of statute.</p> <p>Chapter 184, section 1, Laws 1908; abolishing the fellow-servant doctrine with reference to employees of a railroad or others using engines or cars propelled by steam, etc., and running on tracks was meant to protect all employees subject to the peculiar hazard incident to the operation of railroads and where an employee of a lumber company was injured by the negligent operation of its skidder, a car or part of a car operated by steam, for drawing logs to its railroad track, -to.which the employee had attached its cable, in such case the statute applies and the employee can recover.</p>