Russell v. Tillotson

The plaintiff seeks to recover for damage to his person, caused, while employed in the defendant’s mill, by his apron and jacket catching on a revolving shaft while he was standing on a ladder and replacing a board upon a belt box into which the shaft ran at right angles. The shaft was plainly visible, and was seen by the plaintiff. " If the ladder had been placed on the opposite side of the box, there would have been no danger. The plaintiff could have moved the ladder. But, according to his testimony, it was standing where he mounted it at the time when he was ordered by the “ boss ” to go…