Carpenter v. Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for negligence. The plaintiff was employed as engineer in charge of the company’s power house. The company sold two old boilers, situated in the power house, to Gutterson & Gould, who were to cut up and remove the same. The plaintiff was injured by the falling of a section of the boiler casing while the process of removal by Gutterson & Gould’s servants was going on. Further facts are stated in the opinion.
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Case, for negligence. The plaintiff was employed as engineer in charge of the company’s power house. The company sold two old boilers, situated in the power house, to Gutterson & Gould, who were to cut up and remove the same. The plaintiff was injured by the falling of a section of the boiler casing while the process of removal by Gutterson & Gould’s servants was going on. Further facts are stated in the opinion. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the defendants moved for a nonsuit, and agreed that, if the motion was granted and the ruling should be reversed upon exception, the…
1Opinion of the CourtPeaslee, J.
The plaintiff was in charge of the company’s boiler house, in which Gutterson & Gould were engaged in cutting up and removing old boilers which they had bought of the company. The boiler casings were circular and the bottom section, which Zecchini (Gutterson & Gould’s servant) was cutting into segments by the use of a torch, was about six feet high, and rested upon an insecurely arranged platform constructed by him. When the plaintiff came to the place there were two large segments left standing. Zecchini was just finishing cutting one of these into two, and the plaintiff, seeing -one of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pittsfield Cottonwear Manufacturing Co. v. Pittsfield Shoe Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1902
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Hill v. Parker-Young Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1923
- Bilodeau v. Gale BrothersSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1928
- Dubuc v. Amoskeag Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1940