Mountain Copper Co. v. Pierce
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error was seriously and permanently injured while employed upon that portion of the plant of the plaintiff in error known as the “McDougall Furnaces,” and, in an action for damages therefor, was awarded by a jury $15,000, for which, with costs, he was given judgment against the plaintiff in error.
The McDougall furnaces were used for roasting ores, and were round in form, 30 feet high, and 20 feet in diameter. They were located under a shed roof built over posts extended from the ground, the roof being 60 feet above the ground. There were six furnaces in…
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