Iams v. Hazel-Atlas Glass Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 225, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1915, No. 195, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of William B. lams v. Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, a Corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Irwin, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 225, Oct. T., 1915, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Washington Co., Feb. T., 1915, No. 195, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of William B. lams v. Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, a Corporation. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Irwin, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,000.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The business of the appellant company is the manufacture of glass. In this work it employs several or more tanks designed to contain and carry the molten material. In the front of each tank is placed a revolving machine which forms or moulds the glass into the required shape. The tank and machine, together constitute one piece, rests on iron rails some five or six feet apart and elevated some four feet above the floor of the factory, permitting the tank with the machine to be moved to or from, as the case may be, the main tank from which the other tanks are…
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- Meehan v. Speirs Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Schneider v. Philadelphia Quartz Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Marshall v. Franklin Bank of WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1855
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