Brice-Nash v. Barton Salt Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

C. Brice-Nash sued the Barton Salt Company for damages on account of injuries received while in its employ. A demurrer to his evidence was sustained, and he prosecutes error. The evidence tended to establish these, facts:

The defendant is engaged in manufacturing, refining- and selling salt. The plaintiff was its bookkeeper. His. duties required him at times, for the purpose of procuring information, to go into the packing-room, which, was partly filled with salt, which rose nearly perpendicularly to the height of about twelve feet. The…