Patton v. W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Lane, J., at Spring Term, 1911, of Burke.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Tbe plaintiff was injured in August, 1907, while acting as foreman of a squad of hands who were loading cross-ties on a car on defendant’s railway. The cross-ties were sawed by the defendant’s mill, whence they were run out on rollers, from which they fell upon a dock a few feet lower; thence they were dropped 12 to 18 feet to the ground below, from which place they were loaded on the defendant’s train. When the train came in, the plaintiff went upon the dock to prevent the ties being thrown down on his men while the train was being loaded. He asked one of the laborers if any more ties were…
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