Kratochvil v. City of Grayling

Plaintiff brought this suit on March 3, 1960, under the wrongful death act, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Wencil E. Kratochvil, hereinafter called decedent. The case was tried by the court without a jury. From judgment of no cause for action and denial of her motion for new trial, plaintiff appeals.

Decedent was employed as a sawyer by a lumber company. From the sawing operation the sawdust was blown through a sectional exhaust pipe to a sawdust pile. When the pipe became plugged with sawdust it was decedent’s duty to clean it. The pipe extended up the side of the…