Wiley v. . Solvay Process Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered June 16, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, far as material, are stated in the opinion. The failure to furnish a punch to plaintiff for punching holes in hoops was not a defect in defendant’s plant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, entered June 16, 1913, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a verdict. The nature of the action and the facts, far as material, are stated in the opinion. The failure to furnish a punch to plaintiff for punching holes in hoops was not a defect in defendant’s plant. (Davis v. Plant, 138 N. Y. Supp. 145; G. P. R. R. Co. v. Brooks, 84 Ala. 138; Clements v. A. G. S. R. R. Co , 127 Ala. 166; Southern R. R. Co. v. Moore, 128 Ala. 434; Coffee v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 155…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
This is an action by an employee against an employer to recover .for personal injuries incurred while engaged in his employment.
The plaintiff had been employed by the defendant for eight months before the accident in packing barrels with baking soda, and putting in and fastening the heads of the barrels. The barrels were furnished to him without having the top hoop fastened. The heads of the barrels were furnished in from two to six pieces. Plaintiff, in the work of heading the barrels, put the pieces constituting the head of the barrel in place, with the edges fitted into a groove made to…
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