Meredith v. . Cranberry Coal and Iron Company

The plaintiff, an employee of the defendant company, at per diem wages, while engaged in transporting; wood, to be converted into coal, from the forest to the wood-yard over a tramway constructed for that purpose, was struck, with a stick of wood, protruding from a loaded car, and! thrown from the platform on which he was standing, and! suffered the injury for which compensation is demanded in the present action. The complaint alleges, that this was brought about by the cording or packing of the wood too near the tramway, and on either side of it, as directed by one Allen Nimson, a manager…