Elliff v. Oregon R. & N. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Wasco: William L. Bradshaw, Judge. This is an action by R. T. Elliff against the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, to recover damages for a personal injury. From a verdict in favor of plaintiff, for the sum of $900, the defendant appeals. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore.
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From Wasco: William L. Bradshaw, Judge. This is an action by R. T. Elliff against the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, to recover damages for a personal injury. From a verdict in favor of plaintiff, for the sum of $900, the defendant appeals. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is an action to recover damages for a personal injury, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s agents in ordering the plaintiff, a common laborer in its employ, to perform services demanding the exercise of skill, without warning him of the dangerous character of acids and liquids…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
The defendant operates machinery at Wyeth, Oregon, and uses means to preserve railroad ties from speedy decay by their coming in contact with earth and by being exposed to the weather. In order to conserve timber from hasty demolition by the elements, a chemical preparation is employed, which consists of zinc chloride dissolved in warm water. This solution is forced by pressure into the pores of the wood, giving to it a degree of indestructibleness which, without such treatment, the timber would not possess. The binary compound so employed is commercially prepared by treating scrap zinc with"…
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