Hansford

William A. Hansford, the plaintiff, had judgment in the lower court against Stone-Ordean-Wells Company, the defendant, for- $5,000, on account of a personal injury received by him while in its employ. In substance his testimony is that he is 30 years old, and that he makes his living by manual labor in various lines; that the defendant is engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Billings, 'Mont., and that on June 1, 1912, he entered its employ, with duties relating to the receipt and shipment of merchandise. When goods came in he stacked them in an orderly manner upon the floor, and if there were consignments to go out it was his business to wheel them upon the platform. This work took him to vari *619 ous places in the building in which the defendant carried on its business. In this building there were three floors, and upon the first floor was a platform approximately 20 by 30 feet, at an elevation of about 8 or 9 feet above the floor, upon which were stored certain classes of merchandise. It was reached by a ladder. A board about 10 inches wide and from 10 to 12 feet in length, resting upon two cleats, one at either end, extended along one side of the platform, but on a…