Virginia & North Carolina Wheel Co. v. Chalkley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered July 20, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was instituted hy the defendant in error to recover damages for injuries received whilst operating a circular saw used by plaintiff in error for manufacturing wagon spokes. The ground of negligence charged in the first count was the failure of the company to furnish reasonably safe, sound, and suitable tools, appliances and machinery with which to do the work, stating in what particulars they were defective. In the second count, it was alleged that the company had negligently permitted certain tools, appliances and machinery to become and continue in a defective and unsafe…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Washington & Georgetown Railroad v. McDadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad v. HawthorneSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. BabcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Morse v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1883
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- Savage v. BowenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
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