Cacchione v. Hagan & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 249, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1910, No. 2450, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Salvatore Cacchione v. John Hagan, trading as John Hagan & Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Staake, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 249, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1910, No. 2450, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Salvatore Cacchione v. John Hagan, trading as John Hagan & Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Staake, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $4,000 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant and in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewabt,
The accident by which the plaintiff, an experienced stonecutter, was injured, occurred while he was engaged in his proper place and at his proper work in the stone *34cutting establishment of the defendant. The place where he was at work was an open shed without other floor than the natural surface provided. He had been working for some days previous to the accident on a large block of granite, out of which he was to chisel a mill stone, five and one-half feet in diameter, eighteen inches in thickness and round like a wheel. He had completed the sides and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad v. SentmeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
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