Denny v. Kleeb
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pacific county, ítice, J., entered December 29, 1904, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant after a trial on the merits, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a mill employee through the falling of a pile of lumber.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by appellant, plaintiff below, to recover damages for personal injuries. Prom a judgment in favor of the defendant, respondent here, this appeal has been taken.
Appellant, J. M. Denny, for a period of about eight months, had been an employee of respondent, J. W. Kleeb, *635who was the owner of, and operating, a sawmill at South Bend, in Pacific county. In connection with said mill, respondent maintained a certain dry shed, which is conceded to have been substantial, well built, and adapted to the purpose of storing lumber, placed in large piles therein, and separated according to sizes and…
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