Muse v. Ford Motor Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN, tried before Webb, J., and a jury, at October Term, 1917, Action for damages. Plaintiff alleges that he was injured by defendant’s negligence under the following circumstances. It was the duty of the plaintiff, as an employee of the defendant, to paint automobile bodies for Ford cars.
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ActioN, tried before Webb, J., and a jury, at October Term, 1917, Action for damages. Plaintiff alleges that he was injured by defendant’s negligence under the following circumstances. It was the duty of the plaintiff, as an employee of the defendant, to paint automobile bodies for Ford cars. The painting is done in this way: The paint is placed in an overhead tank with a hose attached; underneath this ■overhead tank is what is called the drip pan, which is in the shape of a square with an open end. The automobile bodies are placed on trucks, the bodies being longer and broader than the…
1Opinion of the Court
"Walkek, J.,
after stating the case: We have not set out the evidence, charge, and objections of the defendant extensively, but have stated so-much of them as will be necessary for a consideration of the assignments, of error.
1. The evidence as to repairs was competent in one view of the case. It comes within the exception to the general rule, that such evidence is not admissible to show negligence. It seems to us that Tise v. Thomasville, 151 N. C., 281, is directly in point, as the plaintiff in that case was. permitted to show that a hole was filled up, as proof of the condition existing at…
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