Boyce v. Johnson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the May term, 1902, of the superior court by Pike, J. The defendant owned and operated a sawmill. From the back of the mill, a slip extended at a steep incline to a pond where logs were floated.
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Case, for negligence. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the May term, 1902, of the superior court by Pike, J. The defendant owned and operated a sawmill. From the back of the mill, a slip extended at a steep incline to a pond where logs were floated. Each log was drawn to the sawmill floor by hooking a small chain attached to one end of the log into a link of an endless chain which passed over a wheel in the mill, and thence under and over the slip. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove the following facts: At the time of the accident (December 27, 1901) the…
1Opinion of the CourtPabsons, C. J.
Logs were drawn from the defendant’s pond to the floor of the mill, over a steep incline called a slip, by an endless chain kept in motion by the machinery of the mill. The plaintiff’s intestate was employed to attach these logs to the endless chain. This was done by securing a smaller chain around the log and inserting the hook of the small chain in one of the links of the other. The place for this work was at the foot of the slip. Either from the character of the chains and hooks furnished, the construction of the slip, or as a necessary peril of the work, logs frequently became loose in…
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