Olson v. McMurray Cedar Lumber Co.

*501The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, C. J.

— The respondent, plaintiff in this case, was an employe in the mill of the appellant. He lost his right thumb by having it crushed in appellant’s saw mill. He obtained a verdict for $1,000 damages, from which judgment an appeal has been taken to this court. At the close of respondent’s testimony, motion was made for a non-suit, which was overruled.

Under the conditions of respondent’s employment it was his duty to remove slabs, lumber and edgings from the rollers on which such material passed from the edging machine sliding along the skids…