Micari v. Monroe Stone Co.

Plaintiff was injured while employed by defendant in its stone quarry. The stone was taken from the place it was quarried on a four-wheeled tram car along a track to a turntable, and then down a track to the foot of the incline, where it was hoisted up into the mill, emptied, and returned to the track and pushed back to the quarry. The turntable was the central point of several diverging tracks which ran from it to different parts of the quarry. Plaintiff and another who worked with him had used the car in question for about 14 months before the accident. They were paid by the ton or load.…