Golden Saw Mill Co. v. Jourdan

The appellee sued, and obtained a judgment against, the appellant f'or having negligently caused the death of her seven year old son.

The appellant’s complaint is that the court below should have granted its request for a directed verdict.

The appellant is engaged in the sawing of lumber, and owns a number of houses situated near its mill, which are occupied by its employees and their families. In 3923, there was left on its premises, by a painter who had been employed to paint the roofs of these houses, a steel drum in which some paiut — some of the ingredients of which were coal tar,…