Galatia Coal Co. v. Harris

This was a suit in case, the declaration consisting of three counts. The first count charged that the defendant, The Galatia Coal Company, carelessly, negligently and unskillfully stacked and caused to be stacked a large quantity of lumber and timber on certain premises possessed by it, and carelessly and negligently permitted the same to remain there without providing sufficient means to prevent it from falling over; that on June 26, 1908, while the plaintiff, Henry Harris, was lawfully on said premises and in the exercise of due care for his own safety, “ by reason of the careless,…