Carriere v. Merrick Lumber Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while at work in the lumber yard of the defendant at Holyoke, by reason of part of a pile of lumber falling upon him. Writ dated August 11, 1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before King, J. The facts which a jury might have found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while at work in the lumber yard of the defendant at Holyoke, by reason of part of a pile of lumber falling upon him. Writ dated August 11, 1906. In the Superior Court the case was tried before King, J. The facts which a jury might have found upon the evidence are stated in the opinion. At the close of the evidence, the judge ordered a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The only exception. relating to evidence which was argued by the plaintiff, referred to in the opinion, was as follows: It appeared that the…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, J.
The plaintiff had worked for the defendant fifteen years in its lumber yard, piling lumber of all kinds. The evi*325dence was conflicting, but a jury might have found that in the forenoon of June 11, 1906, the plaintiff and another workman were directed by one Guy, a superintendent within the employers’ liability act, one of whose duties was to see that the lumber was properly piled, to come with him and be shown where to pile lumber; that there was a long shed covered with a roof but open on the sides and divided into spaces, called bays, for the piling of various grades of lumber; that they…
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