Morgan v. Temagami Mining Co.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for personal injuries received by bim while in the employment of defendant. A trial to a jury resulted in a judgment for plaintiff. Defendant was engaged In mining in Jasper county and employed plaintiff as helper to the operator of a machine drill, The operator *242assisted by plaintiff attempted to drill a hole in a perpendicular wall of hard flint. The point selected was about four and a half feet above the floor and the hole was intended to be run on a lateral slant of.about forty-five degrees. Finding it difficult to start the hole owing to the fact that the…