Anderson v. Northern Mill Co.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries received in appellant’s saw-mill. The respondent worked for one Bartlett, who had a contract with appellant to remove from the mill, and pile in its yard, all lumber- as fast as the same was sawed. The sawing was done in the second story, the boards sliding down an “apron,” so-called, to the main platform in the lower story as they came from the saw, while the heavy timbers came down through a slide or chute, in another place, to the same platform. The respondent’s particular occupation was to assist in carrying boards from their…