Elanius v. Rothschild

Citations

• 72 Wash. 152
• 129 P. 1091
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1421

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Assumption of Risks — Notice of Danger. A longshoreman did not, as a matter of law, assume the risks in working near an improvised conveyor chute loading flour, which he had assisted in substituting for a regular chute because of a lumber pile requiring a change, where there was nothing to indicate the faulty construction of the substituted chute, or to give notice that because of failure to fasten it at the lower end, it would gradually work back and cause the accident, the foreman who directed the work not apprehending any danger.</p>