Willis v. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.

By tlie Court,

Lord, J.:

This was an action to recover damages for injuries received by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant as a laborer in the construction of a shed on the south side of the dry dock at Oregon City.

By his complaint, the plaintiff attributes his injuries to *258the negligence of the defendant in not providing sound lumber for the scaffolding.

According to the bill of exceptions, the evidence tended to show, in substance, the following state of -facts:

That the plaintiff was in the defendant’s employ, at or about the dry dock at Oregon City, as a common laborer; that…