Keller v. White River Lumber Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit. The facts are few and simple. The appellant was employed by the respondent as a sniper for its logging crew. His duties were to round the forward end of the logs so that they could be drawn in by the yard engine. The hoolc tender had charge of the logging crew and directed its work. He was also the signalman. The appellant, while sniping a log to which the cable leading from the engine was attached, was injured by the starting of the engine without warning. The engine was started by the hook tender in the temporary absence of the regular engineer.…