King v. . Power Company

There is no evidence tending to show that the boister saddle was defective or that it was not an appliance approved and in general use or in any particular an unsafe appliance; neither was there evidence that any negligent order had been given with respect to the operation thereof.

The evidence does not disclose whether the boister saddle fell or whether the plaintiff fell out of the saddle. Plaintiff testified that his fellow-servant, Lawrence, did not have hold of the rope “when I looked down to ask him to let me down. He was standing close to the rope, but he did not have his hands on it.”…