Duffy v. India Refining Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 5 and 6, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1910, No. 512, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Patrick Duffy and Annie Duffy, his wife, v. India Refining Company. Trespass to recover' damages for personal injuries. Before Willson, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeals, Nos. 5 and 6, Oct. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1910, No. 512, on verdict for plaintiffs in case of Patrick Duffy and Annie Duffy, his wife, v. India Refining Company. Trespass to recover' damages for personal injuries. Before Willson, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for Patrick Duffy for $900, and for Annie Duffy for $1,200. Defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The defendant company was engaged in the business of refining cocoanut oil. In the treatment of the crude *475oil, caustic soda was added to unite with the fatty acids which produced a soapy emulsion or sodium oleate, and was precipitated to the bottom of the tank. The chilled oil was forced through canvas strainers to separate the stearine or solid part from the olein or liquid part.
Mrs. Duffy was employed to sew patches on these canvas strainers as they became worn or torn. These canvas strainers would be stiff and saturated with a greasy substance strongly alkaline in…
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