Graham v. Goodwin

At the time of the injury for which this action was brought, appellant was engaged in the operation of a stave mill, and appellee, the injured party, was a minor of the age of fifteen years and eleven months. It appears that some, if not all, of the raw material, that is, the billets of hardwood, upon which the mill operated, was purchased by appellant from neighboring timber owners, and that these owners would deliver the timber to the ramps of the mill, where an employee of appellant, known as the yard foreman, would scale the timber so delivered and issue vouchers therefor. On the day of…