Decker v. Stimson Mill Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mount, J.

— Action for personal injuries. The lower' court granted a nonsuit, on motion of respondent, after the plaintiffs evidence was all in, and dismissed the action. The appellant was employed by respondent for the purpose of rolling logs from a log chute to a logging deck in respondent’s saw mill. Appellant had been engaged in this and other work for respondent several months, and was an experienced man at the business. On the second day of October, 1901, appellant undertook to roll a long log from the chute to the logging deck by means of a…