Johnson v. St. Paul & Western Coal Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Douglas county: Chakles Smith, Judge. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by tbe plaintiff July 16, 1904. Tbe defendant was and is a corporation operating a large coal dock at tbe city of Superior, where coal is unloaded from vessels by machinery and loaded into cars.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court of Douglas county: Chakles Smith, Judge. This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by tbe plaintiff July 16, 1904. Tbe defendant was and is a corporation operating a large coal dock at tbe city of Superior, where coal is unloaded from vessels by machinery and loaded into cars. On tbe date aforesaid tbe plaintiff, a boy then sixteen years of age, was employed by tbe defendant as a batch tender, and was in some manner precipitated through one of tbe open batches of a vessel then being unloaded at tbe dock and received…
1Opinion of the CourtWiNsrow, J.
The errors claimed by the appellant will be briefly considered.
1. It is contended that there is no sufficient proof to show that the hook and sheave hit the plaintiff, but that it is conclusively shown that the hook and sheave were not elevated above the deck. It is true there was evidence from a number of witnesses that the hook was not raised above the deck at the close of work on tire night of the accident, but remained suspended n foot or more below the deck all night. There is, however, the positive evidence of one witness, a boy nineteen years of age, who testifies that he was standing…
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