Lamotte v. Boyce

The plaintiff obtained a judgment for per*547sonal injuries received through a fall from a ladder in the defendant’s sawmill, where he had been engaged for a month or more in firing a boiler. The ladder consisted of strips of wood nailed upon a wooden post or stanchion, which supported the wall encasing the boiler, and which extended a foot or 18 inches above the brickwork. It was intended as a means of reaching the top of the boiler. The sawdust carrier passed over the boiler, and sawdust scattered upon the top of the boiler and ignited upon the night in question. The sawdust was swept from the…