Mericle v. Acme Cement Plaster Co.

The defendant is engaged in the manufacture and sale of gypsum products, with factory and mine two or three miles south of Pt. Dodge. Pollie J. Meriele had been employed on the night shift as operator of a wood fiber saw two nights, and on the third was assigned -to work as weigher, The night shift went on duty at seven o’clock p. m., and upon the arrival of Mericle he was directed by the general foreman, as is alleged, to get a pail of water. The well, out of which water ivas pumped into a tank, was in the mine. Access thereto was by the double shaft, near the bottom of which was the tank.…