Richter v. Union Lime Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Calumet county: Geo. W. Burnexl, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendant. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court below granted the defendant’s motion for nonsuit. Judgment was entered accordingly, from which this appeal was taken.
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
It appears from the evidence that plaintiff was twenty-one years of age and had been employed in a stone quarry, operated by defendant, as a laborer, and at the time of the injury was working as teamster. The rock in the quarry was loosened by means of blasting, and in the work of removing it benches were formed at different heights. Two large compressed air drills were used for making blast holes in the benches. They consisted of an iron tripod with a vertical slide, at the top of which worked a large cylinder, to the piston of which cylinder was fastened the drill. The cylinder could easily…
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- Peschel v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- Klochinski v. Shores Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1896
- Hamann v. Milwaukee Bridge Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- Knudsen v. La Crosse Stone Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- McKillop v. Superior Shipbuilding Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
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