Legal Opinion
Cummer Lumber Co. v. Silas
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 30, 1929PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBuford, J.
The plaintiff in error, defendant in the court below, was operating a lime rock quarry in Marion county. A part of the process of producing the rock from the quarry was performed by blasting the rock with high explosives which loosened the rock from its bed. The rock was then picked' up with steam shovels, loaded into conveyors and carried to the crushing plant.
It appears that the plaintiff in error owned more than one rock quarry and it became expedient to transfer a steam shovel from one rock quarry to the one where the injury and death complained of in this suit occurred. The steam shovel…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Hemphill v. . Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
- McCosker v. . Long Island Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Ingram-Dekle Lumber Co. v. GeigerSupreme Court of Florida · 1916
- Schus v. Powers-Simpson Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
- Stearns & Culver Lumber Co. v. FowlerSupreme Court of Florida · 1909
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Blocker v. BlockerSupreme Court of Florida · 1931
- City of Jacksonville Beach v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. v. OlveraCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941