Martin v. Brown

Respondent is the owner of a sawmill and lumber yard at McCall, in Valley County, to which appellant went with his truck to buy four planks. The foreman of the mill accompanied him to the place in the yard where the planks were located and they commenced to load them on the truck. The foreman took a plank from the pile and started with it to the truck. Appellant attempted to remove a plank and when he took a step with it away from the pile some of the planks fell from the pile on him and inflicted the injuries for which he seeks to recover. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence defendant moved…