THE WORKMAN'S PIPE
An interesting decision regarding the workman's pipe has . recently been given in the 'Court of Sessions, Edinburgh. The case arose out of a ratal accident which bef el a laborer who was employed to attend waggons drawn 'by a ,traction engine. The man was seated on one of the waggons, and as he was in the act ot lighting his pipe it fell to the ground. While attempting to ge\. down to recover it, he lost his balance and fell in front of the waggon, with the result that the v.fee-el went over one of his h.gs, iuflicrixig injuries to which he succuliij d. '! l»e Sheriff -Substitute refused the widow's claim tor compensation, on the ground that it was in pursuit of bis own purposes that deceased came by the accident ; but the First Division — the Court — has reversed this decision, the Lord-President declaring that "the workman may reasonably smoke a pipe, and he aray ►reasonably drop it, and having: dropped it, he may reasonably pick it. up m the course of hs employment."
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Grey River Argus, 7 April 1911, Page 2
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