Miley v. Louisiana Sawmill Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; James Andrew, Judge. Action by Cornelius Miley against the Louisiana Sawmill Company, Limited. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvosty, J.
The logs for the sawmill of the defendant company are brought in on railroad cars and dumped into a pond. The cars incline towards the pond by reason of the outer rail being higher; so that the logs tumble by specific gravity when the chains which bind them on the cars are loosed. They drop upon a skidway, and slide or roll into the water. The pond is 250 feet by 150; and the skidway extends nearly its entire length. The space between the ears and the water occupied by the skidway is about 12 feet. Usually the logs float away, but one or more will sometimes go to the bottom on leaving the…
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