Curtis v. Quarries
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, Linn, L, entered June 17, 1904, upon the granting of a nonsuit, after a trial before the court and a jury, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a child in stepping through a hole in a floor covering dangerous machinery, in defendant’s power house.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
The defendant was, on the 29th day of August, 1903, and for a long time prior thereto, engaged in the business of quarrying stone for the market, near the town of Tenino in this state. In connection with its *359quarry, the defendant maintains a power house, in which, are located engines, and other machinery, employed in the work of hoisting the stone from the quarry. The power house is situate in front of the engine room, and is so constructed that signals can be transmitted from the quarry to the operators in the power room. The machinery in the power room is beneath a platform, nine feet in…
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