Valentine v. A. Colburn Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 114, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1898, No. 436, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Pobteb, J. Trespass for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 114, Oct. T., 1898, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1898, No. 436, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Pobteb, J. Trespass for personal injuries. Before Fihletteb, P. J. It appears from the record that these two cases were brought by the. plaintiff to recover damages from defendant for injuries alleged to have resulted from the negligence of defendants in permitting the plaintiff, Louis Valentine, to work at a defective stamping machine which at other times was operated by other employees. Other facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
Louis Valentine, a youth nineteen years of age, was employed by the defendant company and during a part of the time worked at a stamping machine, which at other times was operated by other employees. In order to throw the machine into gear the operator placed his foot upon a treadle when the stamp would fall and rise rapidly, ceasing as soon as the pressure of the foot was withdrawn, unless the machine had become defective. So long as the foot was not on the treadle the die should have remained up. The plaintiff testified that he was engaged in stamping tin cans and…
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