Snyder v. Lamb-Davis Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Neal, J., entered January 17, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a wood yard.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant owns and operates a lumber and wood yard at Harrington, Washington. In the yard was a Morse-Fairbanks circular saw fitted on trucks, which was used for the purpose of sawing wood from cord lengths into shorter lengths. The saw was propelled by steam, and usually required a sawyer and two helpers to operate it, one to pass the wood to the sawyer, who placed it in position and pushed it against the saw, and a third to bear off the sawed pieces. On March 8, 1909, one Holmes was foreman of the appellant’s yard. He had made a sale of wood calling for particular lengths and asked the…
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