Dumas v. Walville Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis county, Rice, J., entered October 17, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a lumber yard.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The respondent brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered through the falling of a pile of lumber upon him from a dock in appellant’s mill yard. From a verdict and judgment in his favor, this appeal was taken.
Appellant’s sawmill and lumber yard are so arranged that the lumber is taken from the sorting table on trucks drawn by a horse, and the assorted dimensions placed in piles along the sides of the lumber docks. A space about six feet wide in the middle of the docks is kept clear for a truckway. There are three docksj from 12 to 16 feet high, from 16 to 24 feet…
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- Hennessy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
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