Hammarberg v. St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The appellant is engaged in operating a lumber mill in Pierce county. The respondent was in his employ in the capacity of day laborer. A day or two before the occurrence of tbe injury for which he claims damages, the respondent was put to work on a cut-off saw in the mill, where -he was working at the time the accident out of which the injury grew occurred. At the time the respondent went to work in the mill, millwrights were engaged in repairing some beams directly over the bench on which he was working. These beams were for the reception of…