. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. '4 LEGAL DECISIONS. Lindsay vs. Klock.—This suit was instituted in the Superior Court at Hull, Que., by Archibald Lindsay, to recover $20,000 damages from R. H. Klock & Co. for the burning of the former's mill at Aylmer. From the judgment delivered by Judge Gill the following is taken : The Messrs. Klock had leased the mill and had the right to make certain repairs. They started to make the repairs to the mill ; and the twenty-ninth day of the month of March
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. '4 LEGAL DECISIONS. Lindsay vs. Klock.—This suit was instituted in the Superior Court at Hull, Que., by Archibald Lindsay, to recover $20,000 damages from R. H. Klock & Co. for the burning of the former's mill at Aylmer. From the judgment delivered by Judge Gill the following is taken : The Messrs. Klock had leased the mill and had the right to make certain repairs. They started to make the repairs to the mill ; and the twenty-ninth day of the month of March the mill was burned during the night-time. It was shown that the defendants had a night watch- man ; that they had made new repairs ; that they had put in " Dutch ovens," so as to create more steam, and the fire was attributed to this innovation, from the fact that it is said that the Dutch ovens allow sparks to escape more easily than the former apparatus ; and plaintiff endeavored in the evidence to prove facts which would place the responsibility on the defendants. On the other side it was proven that these Dutch ovens are adopted in mills, and that the customary manner of adapting them was resorted to in this mill. Moreover, it is alleged that they are no more dangerous than other appliances, and that it is not known how the fire occurred ; that it may have taken place and arisen from sparks, but that they don't know. A steam pump was there in case of fire, and all precautions which are usually taken to protect property from fire were used, and consequently defendants were held not liable. May, 1897 S. C. Kanady Lumber Co. vs. The Broadfoot & Box Furniture Co.—This was an action tried last month at the County Court at Toronto, and will interest lumber dealers in general. The following particulars are ob- tained from a report furnished by the counsel for defendants : The defendants gave the following order to plaintiff's traveller : Toronto, 24th Sept., 189
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