Donovan v. Ferris

COOPER, C.

Action to recover damages for personal injuries. After the plaintiff introduced his evidence, a nonsuit was granted and judgment accordingly entered. This appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The evidence shows the facts to be substantially as follows: The defendant was the owner of a stone quarry in the city and county of San Francisco, in which he had been for several months carrying on the business of blasting. In this business he employed a large number of laborers and a superintendent, but the blasting operations were…