Faerber v. T. B. Scott Lumber Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Lincoln County. Action to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s intestate. The facts are stated in the opinion. The defendant appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtOrtoN, J.
The main facts of this case are as follows.:
At the time of the accident that caused the death of the respondent’s intestate, the appellant company owned and *228operated, and for many years had owned and operated, at Merrill, -in Lincoln county, this state, a very large sawmill, of the capacity to cut or saw 150,000 feet of lumber in one day of eleven hours. In connection with said mill, and necessary to its successful business, there was operated an immense slab burner, constructed of sheet iron riveted together at the joints, and circular in form. The lower section or base had perpendicular…
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- Bernhardt v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
- Moroder v. FoxWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914