La Fontaine v. St. John

The plan and mechanism of the defendant’s mill are described at some length in the briefs. For the purposes of the present discussion, however, these descriptions can be substantially-condensed.

Two saws, a board saw and a sticking saw, were in operation on the day of the accident. The sticking saw was situated in the pit of the mill below the level of the board saw. The end of one of the sills which supported the frame of the board saw extended out over the pit toward the movable table of the sticking saw. A cross beam, six inches wide, was set into this sill to the depth of two inches,…