Snyder v. Town of Asheboro
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Bryson, J., at March Term, 1921, of RANDOLPH. Civil action for personal injury alleged to have been caused by tbe negligence of tbe defendant.
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Appeal by defendant from Bryson, J., at March Term, 1921, of RANDOLPH. Civil action for personal injury alleged to have been caused by tbe negligence of tbe defendant. Tbis action was instituted by tbe plaintiff Snyder to recover damages on account of injuries be sustained while working as bead miller of tbe Southern Crown Milling Company in tbe town of Asbeboro, N. C. Tbe mill was operated by electric current furnished by tbe defendant from a municipally owned and operated plant. On tbe day of tbe injury, tbe town bad notified tbe Southern Crown Milling Company and tbe plaintiff that it was…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
A change in the relative position of certain wires which were connected with the electric motor caused the iron rolls to revolve upward instead of downward; and the plaintiff, upon observing that the rolls were not adequately crushing the grain, placed his hand underneath and upon the rolls in search of the cause, when by reason of the reverse revolution his hand and arm were caught in the machinery and injured. The defendant contended that the proximate cause of the injury was the negligent act of the plaintiff in thrusting his hand into the machinery without apparent necessity. Evidence…
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