Roytio v. Litchfield

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought under the employers’ liability act of Massachusetts. The circuit court directed a *241verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff sued out this writ of error. The case is staled by him as follows:

“The defendant operated, in connection with a quarry, a stone-crushing mill. Stones of all sizes were Drought from tho quarry, and dumped over a cliff. The dump extended some distance along the face of the cliff, forming coves and promontories. At the foot of the dump was a level place upon which twelve or fifteen employés of the defendant broke up stones…