Owenby v. . Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtBrogdeN, J.
The plaintiff’s narrative of 'his injury is as follows: “There was snow and ice on the floor. The foreman told me to come down and take this timber out into the other end of the house, and I came down and undertook to take the timber out into the other end of the house, and my foot slipped when I picked the timber up. The timber was so heavy when I got up with it my foot slipped on under me. I dropped it on my foot. . . .No one was helping me. There was snow and ice on the floor, almost all over it — that is ice. The building had a roof on it, but the snow was about eight inches on the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Brown v. J. S. Scofields Sons Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1917
- Warwick v. Lumberton Cotton Oil & Ginning Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Howell v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
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- Weatherman v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1930