Dolstrom v. Newport Mining Co.

This is an action on the case for damages for a personal injury suffered while the plaintiff was in defendant’s employ at the Bonnie mine on September 24, 1908.

At the time of the injury, the plaintiff was working as a lander on the tram track, and he held the position of bellman. He was about 27 years of age, and had held that position for about two months before the injury, before which time he had worked on the surface as a swamper two years. The tram track was built out from the shaft-house on considerable of a curve to the right from a straight line, a distance of about 600 to 700 feet,…