Tonkovitch v. Indiana Mining Co.

Plaintiff, a native of Croatia, 31 years of age, by trade a mason, was injured on August 16, *1871911, while engaged in oiling machinery in defendant’s sawmill near its mine in Ontonagon county. Imputing his injuries to defendant’s negligence, he instituted this action to recover damages therefor in the circuit court of said county, where the trial resulted in a judgment for defendant upon a directed verdict.

Defendant was developing and operating a copper mine, called the “Indiana,” and as an adjunct built and equipped a sawmill close by, used and managed in connection with the mine. The…