Tenanty v. Boston Manufacturing Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, by the administratrix of the estate of Michael Tenanty, under the employers’ liability act, St. 1887, c. 270, for causing his death. Trial in the Superior Court, before Gaskill, J., who directed the jury to return a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The plaintiff’s intestate, while sawing hard pine boards longitudinally with an ordinary circular saw, was struck by a narrow strip of board which remained after sawing from the board all the strips of the desired width, and which, through the negligence of an attendant behind the saw at the other end of the table, or from some other cause, came upon the teeth on top of the saw and was thrown violently forward upon *324the plaintiff’s intestate, injuring him so that he died. The saw was without a guard. He had been in the service of the defendant as a carpenter for ten years. It does not appear…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Mahoney v. DoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Hanson v. Ludlow Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- O'Neil v. KeyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Quigley v. Thomas G. Plant Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
3Cited by8 opinions
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- Davis v. ForbesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
- McLeod v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
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