McMahan v. . Spruce Co.

Plaintiff states two causes of action, in the first of which he alleges negligence of the defendant in failing to furnish a safe place to work. The defendant required the plaintiff to work on a lumber dock, which was about twelve feet above the ground on a frame of studding, which had been floored and a steel rail track laid on top of this flooring, upon which track a lumber car or truck was operating. Defendant had been shipping lumber from packs alongside of this dock, and had carelessly piled up a lot of lumber and packing strips in a loose way on top of this lumber dock and by the side of…