Errickson v. F. W. Schwiers, Jr., Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

This suit was brought to recover compensation for injuries received by the plaintiff below, Samuel Errickson, an employe of the Hill Dredging Company, while engaged in the service of that company.

The trial resulted in a nonsuit and the plaintiff appealed from the judgment entered thereon.

The situation was this:

The Hill company rented from the defendant corporation a derrick to be used in transferring lumber belonging to the Hill company from the wharf of the latter company to its barge moored to the wharf for the purpose of receiving the…