Beard v. J. C. Hubinger Bros.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — Hon. W. S. Hamilton, Judge. Action for damages resulted in a directed verdict for defendant, on which judgment was entered. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The defendant is engaged in manufacturing starch, and for that purpose, several buildings are required. Among these is what is known as the refinery. On the fourth floor of this building was a washing machine, the cylinder of which was defective' or out of repair. To remove it, block and tackle were rigged with one block on the ceiling and the other on the cylinder. This cylinder weighed from three hundred to five hundred pounds-. On June 13, 1910, plaintiff, with two- others, lifted it four or five feet high by pulling the rope when the foreman, Lafevre, ordered them to sway toward the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Buehner ex rel. Buehner v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- McQueeny v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1903
- Bruns v. Northern Iowa Brick & Tile Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1911
3Cited by1 opinion
- Watkins v. Bird-Sykes-Bunker Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1929