Woods v. Wikstrom
Oregon Supreme Court
From Columbia: Jambs A. Eakin, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Ramsey. This is an action by Harry Woods against I. G-. Wikstrom to recover the sum of $10,000 as damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a verdict and a judgment for $5,000. The defendant appeals and assigns various alleged errors.
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From Columbia: Jambs A. Eakin, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mr. Justice Ramsey. This is an action by Harry Woods against I. G-. Wikstrom to recover the sum of $10,000 as damages for personal injuries. The plaintiff recovered a verdict and a judgment for $5,000. The defendant appeals and assigns various alleged errors. The chief alleged error relied on by appellant was the refusal of the court below to grant a nonsuit on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to be submitted to the jury. Many other alleged errors were assigned, but most of them were not argued.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ramsey
The defendant was engaged in the manufacture of lumber in Columbia County, in May and June, 1910, and prior and subsequent thereto. The defendant used a donkey-engine and the appliances that go with it in hauling logs for his mill. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant to work for him in his sawmill *584business in tbe latter part of May and tbe fore part of June, 1910. He worked at different kinds of work about the mill and in the woods. He was badly injured on June 3, 1913, while engaged in such employment, and this action was brought to recover damages for such injury on the ground of…
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