Held v. Puget Sound & Alaska Powder Co.

For several years beginning sometime about 1924, plaintiff has operated a rock quarry near the city of Rainier in Columbia county, Oregon. It was plaintiff’s practice to have rock blasted from this quarry. Among those engaged in this business, a single operation consisting of the preparation of the necessary tunnels, placing explosives therein, wiring the same for the purposes of ignition, closing the tunnels by back filling and causing an explosion is termed a “shot.”

Defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Washington with a branch office in Portland, Oregon.

Plainti…