Miller v. Moran Bros.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered September 16, 1904, granting a nonsuit at tbe close of plaintiff’s case, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee while working under a suspended steel plate being put in position by an independent contractor.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Appellant was employed as a carpenter by respondent, a corporation, engaged in building tbe battleship “Nebraska” for the United States government. Respondent had in its employ over seven hundred men, some working by the hour, some by the day, and some by contract, on certain portions of the work, for fixed amounts. Appellant’s duties required him to go from place to place about said ship, putting in and changing stanchions or shores, used to support the vessel in position. One Kelly had a contract from respondent to place, upon the sides of the ship, certain steel plates. He was to be paid a…
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