Western Stone Co. v. Muscial

August 22, 1896, appellee was injured while working for appellant in its quarry. Appellee had been at the time of the accident in the employ of appellant but a few days. Nevertheless he had worked in neighboring and similar quarries for a number of years.

The night previous to the accident it had rained, and upon arriving in the morning at the quarry the men saw that during the night mud, clay and gravel had been forced down the face of the bank and fallen into the bottom of the quarry so as to interfere with the work there being done. The quarry faced to the north. It consisted of an…