Pacific States Lumber Co. v. Bargar

McCAMANT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant claims that plaintiff neither alleged nor proved a cause of action under the Employers’ Liability Statute, It appeared that at the time plaintiff was injured he was employed by Coos Bay Stevedoring Company. This corporation was loading on the steamship De Perre a cargo of lumber supplied by the defendant. The vessel was moored at the defendant’s dock, and the defendant was delivering the lumber within reach of the ship’s gear. The lumber was delivered in small four-wheel ears hauled from the mill on tracks by horses. The cargo was being stowed in several' of…