E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Prince George county, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The plaintiff, A. B. Taylor, a servant of the defendant company, recovered a judgment against the defendant for $8,000 damages, claimed to have been sustained by reason of negligence of the defendant company. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.
The plaintiff was put to work loading guncotton to be transported from one point to another in the defendant’s plant. The cotton was hauled along a tramroad, above which there was a line of pipe. The plaintiff was struck and knocked down, and received the injury complained of. He claims that the place at which he was placed to work was not…
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