Carstens Packing Co. v. Swinney
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Western District of Washington. Action at law by G. C. Swinney against the Carstens Packing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. The defendant in the court below, plaintiff in error here, is a corporation owning and operating a packing house near the city of Tacoma, in the state of Washington, producing meat, glue, and other articles for the market.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Western District of Washington. Action at law by G. C. Swinney against the Carstens Packing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. The defendant in the court below, plaintiff in error here, is a corporation owning and operating a packing house near the city of Tacoma, in the state of Washington, producing meat, glue, and other articles for the market. On the top floor of one of its buildings in its packing house are located glue works, consisting in part of glne tanks, where glue is boiled…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is assigned as error that the court admitted testimony on the part oh the plaintiff, over the objection of the defendant, to the effect that subsequent to plaintiff’s injury the defendant had covered the vats, including the one into which plaintiff fell.
The statute of Washington providing for the protection and health of employés in factories, mills, etc., requires reasonable safeguards for all vats which it is practicable to guard, and which can effectively .be guarded with due regard to the ordinary uses of such machinery and appliances. ‘ Whether…
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