Holton v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.

Tbe plaintiff bad been employed by tbe defendant for two weeks in its sawmill, as a common laborer. He was a young man without experience in tbe use of machinery. Tbe foreman then sent for tbe plaintiff and told him that a workman around tbe machinery bad been discharged and be wanted tbe plaintiff to help Hadder, the chief oiler, and to do whatever Hadder told him to do. Plaintiff testified: “Hadder told me bow to oil tbe machinery, and after I bad been there two or three days Hadder told me to raise tbe hood of tbe ‘bog’ and sharpen tbe knives; be said that if I knew bow, I could throw tbe…