Gregory v. Easton Cotton Oil Co.

Hoke, J".

Tbe facts in tbe case tended to sbow tbat, at tbe time of tbe occurrence, tbe defendant company owned and operated a cottonseed oil mill in tbe town of Hertford, N. C., and in connection therewith a cotton gin and press; tbat tbe gin and press were so constructed tbat tbe floor where tbe cotton was baled was 9 or 10 feet above a platform running along tbe building, and, as tbe cotton was pressed into bales, it was thrown by tbe bands from a door of tbe ginhouse down onto this platform, rolling as it might chance in tbe fall; tbat when tbe gin was being operated there was perhaps a…