Rush v. Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

In April, 1897, the respondent, James Rush, was in the employ of the Spokane Ealls & Northern Railway Company, appellant, in the capacity of a *504common laborer, and was engaged with others in riprapping and repairing its road bed in the vicinity of Marcus and Bossburg, in this state. It was the duty of the respondent, in the course of his employment, to load and unload rock, which was transported on appellant’s cars from a quarry near the railroad track to places where it was needed. Dynamite or giant powder was used in blasting rock at the…