Comeau v. C. C. Manuel & Sons Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1910, Franklin County, Taylor, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
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Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1910, Franklin County, Taylor, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case. It was sufficient for plaintiff to show. some, defect, in the saw or its appliances for which defendant was liable, though plaintiff could not point out the specific defect. 1 Sherman & Red. on Neg. §223, citing Nelson v. St. Paul Plow Works, 57 Minn. 43, 58 N. W. 868; Mooney v.-Conn. River Lumber Co., 154 Mass. 407; 2 Labatt on Master & Servant, §832; 26 Cyc. 1416, note 75.…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This is an action- of case for negligence. Trial was by jury and verdict and judgment.were for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
Comeau, the plaintiff, was an employee of the defendant in a veneer mill at Richford and was.injured by one of, its cir-cular saws. The method of starting and stopping the saw was by shifting a belt from one pulley to- another by means of a lever. The plaintiff had at different times worked in the mill in question and had operated a jack straw machine .and a tin cutting machine. For five or six. days he. ran. a ..gang saw. The day before he was injured he was…
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