Deane v. Roaring Fork Electric Light & Power Co.

This is an action for personal injuries. The complaint charges that the plaintiff, Deane, was employed by the defendant, The Roaring Fork Electric Light and Power Company, to work at and near its machinery, pipes and valves, etc., through which the water of the company was transmitted; that the plaintiff, in the usual course of his employment, was engaged by the direction of the defendant in trying the works to ascertain whether the joints and connections were sufficient, and was working at or near the hydraulic valve which was part of the machinery; that this valve was guaranteed by the…