Erickson v. Victoria Copper Mining Co.

The plaintiff was an employe of the defendant mining company, and, on the day of the accident out of which this case grows, was engaged, with others, in timbering the mine. One Peterson, who was the timber boss, sent some plank down an inclined shaft of the mine. The evidence shows that the course taken was to take a half hitch with a rope around each end of the plank, the lower hitch being secured by a 10-penny nail driven above it. The shaft was not of uniform grade, and at the depth of 60 or 70 feet the plank escaped from the rope, and fell or slid to the bottom of the shaft, injuring the…