Thompson v. Norman Paper Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, under the employers’ liability act, St. 1887, c. 270, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff while in the defendant’s employ. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dewey, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; and the defendant alleged exceptions, the nature of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action under St. 1887, c. 270, § 1, cl. 2, brought to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s superintendent. The plaintiff was ordered by the superintendent to help to work in what is known as a stuff chest, a kind of vat used for mixing the pulp in a paper mill. He got over the edge of the vat, and as-he was stepping from a beam to a ladder he slipped and fell. The beam and inside of the vat were wet, and were made more slippery by soda ash, which was used instead of soap for cleaning purposes. The plaintiff was an…
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