Lunn v. Morris & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The plaintiff was one of twelve laborers engaged in moving bones from the pressroom in the defendant’s packing house to a dump. This work was performed by the use of trucks five feet in length and three feet in width, upon a gangway sixteen feet long and about six feet wide, raised five feet above the surface. Two men were employed in propelling each truck. A foreman was placed over these men, whose duty it was to receive orders from the superintendent each day and to oversee and direct the work. The plaintiff and another laborer were…