Allen v. Chehalis Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered February 14, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries received by a planerman in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent recovered against the appellant for personal injuries, and this appeal was taken from the judgment entered in his favor. The record discloses that the appellant owns and operates a sawmill, consisting of the mill proper in which the machinery for manufacturing lumber was contained, and of a dry kiln used for drying lumber after it had been cut into dimension stuff. Both the mill and dry kiln were surrounded in part by lumber platforms built on the same level and on a level with the floor of the mill, but some eleven feet above the ground. The platforms did not touch each other,…
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