White v. Shafer Bros. Lumber & Door Co.

— The plaintiff, White, commenced this action in the superior court for Lewis county seeking recovery from the defendant company for personal injuries which he claims he suffered as the result of the negligence of the company in the manner of maintaining its sawmill plant at Dryad, in that county.

One of the company’s defenses is that in the maintenance and operation of its plant it was, at the time in question, engaged in an extrahazardous industry; that White was then in its employ at its plant, engaged in extrahazardous employment; that he was injured in the course of that employment; and…