McKean v. Chappell
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Black, J., entered January 16, 1909, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a sawmill.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment for personal injuries. The appellants own a lumber mill, and employed the respondent to operate the rigging used for hauling the logs from the mill pond up to the log deck, preparatory to cutting them into lumber. The logs were hauled up a tramway or chute, which extended from the log deck down into the water of the mill pond, by means of a steel cable attached to a drum; the latter being a contrivance in the shape of a large spool fastened between frames placed *691at the farther end of the log deck. The drum was connected with the power of the mill hy which it…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hunter v. Washington Pipe & Foundry Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906
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