Nicks v. Baird Co.

Mb,, Justice Swiggabt

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Complainant is the owner of a steam boiler which he rented to Baird and Company, for use in the execution of a contract to construct a state highway bridge. The boiler was used to generate power to force water through hollow piles; the water serving to remove the earth beneath the piles, so that they could be lowered to a depth that would permit the operation of an ordinary pile driver. The regular equipment of Baird and Company included a pile driver, operated by a boiler and engine, but the piles being too long to be started by the…