Smith v. Hewitt-Lea Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior ctiurt for King county, Gilliam, J., entered January 6,1908, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $6,375, for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a shingle mill.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Defendant owns and operates a shingle mill at Wilbnrton, in King county. Plaintiff was in the employ of defendant as oiler, a duty he had performed for a month or more prior to March IS, 1906, although he had been employed about the mill since December 24, 1905. A part of the mill equipment was a set of skids from which the cants were rolled onto a cut-off carriage, where they were cut into bolts for convenience in manufacturing. The cut-off carriage rested on wheels which ran over two rails. The play of the carriage was between four and five feet, so that when it was at its furthest limit…
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