Bradford v. English

Plaintiff was “ball-booting” a “Waboo” log down tbe mountain-side. “Ball-booting” is tbe process of removing logs down a precipitous side of tbe mountain, where teams and other customary means cannot be used. Tbe “run” side of tbe log is “skinned” and tbe log goes endwise by gravity until it reaches a place where other means can be used to move it. Tbe log, a Vaboo or Indian Bitter, was about 14 inches in diameter and 12 feet long, and very heavy. Grover Anglin, foreman for defendant, was in charge of tbe laborers, one of whom was plaintiff. Anglin and a laborer were also getting out logs…