Wilson v. Suncrest Lumber Co.

Plaintiff was employed by the Suncrest Lumber Company as a “skidder rigger,” and it was his duty to put up, take down, repair and remove skidder lines, or overhead cables, used in skidding logs out of the woods, whenever instructed to do so by his foreman and superintendent, Burt Evans. On 9 August, 1921, while engaged in the discharge of- his duties, the plaintiff was seriously injured by falling from the top of a tree to the ground, a distance of about 35 feet. For the purpose of climbing up and down the trees, which he was required to do in the discharge of his duties, plaintiff was…