Lepan v. Hall

Plaintiff was gang sawyer in defendant’s mill. As such, it was his duty, when cants or *524logs with broomed ends, containing stones and gravel, were going through the gang, to chop off the ends, that the saws might not be injured. While engaged in this work, called “ sniping,” he was hurt by having the end of a load of cants run against his leg. The assignments of error raise only the question of whether a verdict should have been directed for defendant.

Plaintiff testified that, at the time of the accident, he was standing between the rollers that are between the skidways of the band saw,…