Caton v. Winslow Bros. & Smith Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while unloading a truck at the defendant’s warehouse in Boston. The judge found for the plaintiff, and the case comes before us on his appeal from the order of the Appellate Division that the finding for the plaintiff be vacated and judgment entered for the defendant.

The evidence tended to show the following facts: The plaintiff, a citizen of Ohio, was hired in that State by one Mead as a helper on one of Mead’s trucks. Mead was engaged in the business of trucking wool and other goods on long…