Orr v. Boise Cold Storage Co.

BUDGE, J. —

The Boise Cold Storage Company is a corporation engaged in the manufacture, storage and sale of ice, and in maintaining a commercial cold storage warehouse. Shortly prior to September 3, 1919, in a room in its main ice storage plant where artificial ice was stored and stacked in piles, one of the piles slipped against the outside wall of the building and as a result caused the wall to bulge outwards at the top and to separate from the ceiling, leaving an opening. B. Frank Orr, a carpenter by occupation, and a helper were employed at a fixed daily wage by the Boise Cold Storage…