Dunn v. Orchard Land Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: Lawrence T. Harris, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by O. W. Dunn against the Orchard Land & Timber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for a personal injury.
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From Lane: Lawrence T. Harris, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by O. W. Dunn against the Orchard Land & Timber Company, a corporation, to recover damages for a personal injury. The complaint alleges in substance that, in connection with its sawmill in Lane County, among other machinery thereof, the defendant controlled and operated a structure, scaffolding and staging known as a slab haul, extending out from the mill for a distance of about 50 feet, incorporated with which was a system of dead rolls used for conveying from the mill the slabs resulting from the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
Tbe vital question urged by the defendant is whether or not tbe action is governed by what is known as tbe “employers’ liability law,” a measure adopted by tbe initiative process at tbe general election held in November, 1910: Laws'1911, Cb. 3. It is provided by Section 1 of that act that “all owners, contractors, subcontractors, corporations or persons whatsoever, engaged in tbe construction, repairing, alteration, removal, or painting of any building, bridge, viaduct, or other structure, or in tbe erection or operation of any machinery,” are required to…
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