Hall v. Northwest Lumber Co.

The respondent was injured while employed in the logging camp of the appellant, and brought the present action to recover- therefor. There is no substantial dispute in the record as to cause of the accident. The appellant was engaged in bringing logs in from the woods and loading them on cars. In the operation, it made use of two distinct apparatuses, the first of which was known as a Lidgerwood skidder. This consisted of a wire cable stretched from the loading place into the woods over which was operated the skidder proper, the skidder being a couple of sheave wheels fastened in a frame in…