Buzzell v. Laconia Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Demurrer. This was an action of the case. The declaration alleged, in substance, that the defendants were the owners of a cotton mill in Biddeford, to which they had built and maintained a bridge and walk for persons working in the mill to pass and repass over when going to and returning from said mill; that, on the twenty-fourth day of September, 1859, the plaintiff was, and for a long time had been, in the defendants’ employment, and, in such employment, was required to…
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On Demurrer. This was an action of the case. The declaration alleged, in substance, that the defendants were the owners of a cotton mill in Biddeford, to which they had built and maintained a bridge and walk for persons working in the mill to pass and repass over when going to and returning from said mill; that, on the twenty-fourth day of September, 1859, the plaintiff was, and for a long time had been, in the defendants’ employment, and, in such employment, was required to pass over said bridge and walk; that the defendants then, and for a long time before, had represented that said bridge…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Appleton, J.
The plaintiff and the defendants sustain to each other the relation of master and servant. The plaintiff, in her writ, alleges that the defendants are owners of a mill and bridge erected by them and connected therewith, over which she was obliged daily to pass and re-pass in going to and returning from her labor in their service; that through their negligence it had become out of repair, unsafe and dangerous; that the defendants represented it to be safe and free from danger; that, relying on their representations, she passed over the…
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- Eureka Co. v. BassSupreme Court of Alabama · 1886
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