Hoag v. Washington-Oregon Corp.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. In July, 1912, "Willis D. Hoag was a lineman for the Washington-Oregon Corporation, a corporation being at work on its line near Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon, under the direction and supervision of W. E. Turner, its general manager, and Art Gilmore, its superintendent. The current of electricity had been turned off for said repair work.
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From Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Department 2. Statement by Mr. Justice Eakin. In July, 1912, "Willis D. Hoag was a lineman for the Washington-Oregon Corporation, a corporation being at work on its line near Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon, under the direction and supervision of W. E. Turner, its general manager, and Art Gilmore, its superintendent. The current of electricity had been turned off for said repair work. The complaint states that, while plaintiff was engaged in said repair work, the high tension current was turned on the wires without notice to him, by which he was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Eakin
1. We find, first, that the book in the record labeled “Bill of Exceptions” is the full transcript of the evidence taken at the trial and certified by the judge. It consists of about 440 typewritten pages, and is not such a bill of exceptions as is contemplated by Section 171, L. O. L., or by the rules of the court. Upon this question see the cases cited under Section 169, L. O. L. As already stated in State v. Murray, 11 Or. 413 (5 Pac. 55), and in Eaton v. Oregon R. & N. Co., 22 Or. 498 (30 Pac. 311), this court lays down the rule as to what constitutes a proper bill of exceptions. It may…
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