Bailey v. Cascade Timber Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

Appellant was employed by respondent as the engineer of what is known as a “donkey steam engine.” The engine was operated in respondent’s logging camp for the purpose of moving and loading logs. In *322the course of logging operations it became necessary from time to time to remove the engine from one location to another. It stood upon pieces of timber adjusted somewhat as the runners of a sled. Its removal was accomplished by means of the mechanism of a strong cable with hooks and pulleys so operated by the power of the engine itself that it…