Mott v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Chas. D. Mott against the Southern Eailway Company, heard by Judge Thos. J. Shaw and a jury, at May Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Ieedei.l County. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClaue, J.
The plaintiff was injured while in the employment of defendant company. He was ordered by one who had a right to command him to aid a foreman to take a tire off an engine, which tire weighed 800 or 1,000 pounds, and had to be heated red hot to obtain the expansion necessary to secure its removal. The plaintiff alleges that while he was engaged in helping to remove this tire, it slipped, by the negligence of defendant and its servants, as specified in the complaint, and fell upon the iron bar the plaintiff was using, crushing him and injuring him seriously.
The jury found, upon issues submitted…
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