Ralton v. Sherwood Logging Co.

This action was prosecuted in the superior court by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages on account of personal injuries which he alleges were the result of defendant’s negligence while working in its logging camp. Upon a trial before the court and a jury, verdict and judgment were rendered in plaintiff’s favor, from which the defendant appeals to this court. Briefly stated, and so far as necessary for our consideration, the facts here involved are as follows: The respondent was injured by the giving way and pulling down upon him of a tree by a cable attached thereto as a…