Neff & Co. v. Broom
Supreme Court of Georgia
Non-suit. Negligence. Damages. Master and Servant. Before Judge ITillyer. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1882. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The plaintiffs in error being manufacturers of' soap, had, in one of the rooms of their building, a reservoir containing lye impregnated with potash. The defendant in error, being one of their employes engaged at work in that room, fell into this reservoir, and alleges that she was painfully injured. She brought this suit to recover damages from the plaintiffs in error for their negligence in keeping the room so dark that she was unable to discover the reservoir, and in not notifying her of its existence that" she might have protected herself against injury therefrom.
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