Erickson v. Pacific States Lumber Co.

(after stating the facts as above). Concerning the alleged defect in the flywheel, the evidence is, in substance, the following: The wheel was 14 feet in diameter, and it carried a rim 28 inches in’width. It had been in use in the mill 16 years. It had been cast in two sections, and when it arrived from the foundry it was found that a spoke of one section had been broken at a point about 8 inches from the rim. That section was immediately returned to the foundry for repair. Repair was made by the process of brazing. At that time welding was not locally known as a method of repair, and brazing…