Wausau Southern Lumber Co. v. Cooley

The appellee was employed by the appellant in the capacity of cutting and sawing logs; appellant being engaged in the manufacture of lumber. The appellee was injured by the use of an ax which had a defective handle. He had used the ax for some days, and had returned it to the shop to have it rehandled, but for some reason it was not re-handled on the morning in question, when the injury occurred, and the ax which had been furnished as a temporary substitute was light and did not suit the plaintiff. On the morning of the injury plaintiff was told by the foreman in charge to take the ax with…