Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Devoe Snuff Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 14, 1898PublishedCited by 7 opinions
On error to the Middlesex Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Hendrickson, J.
This proceeding is brought to review a judgment of nonsuit ordered in the Middlesex County Circuit Court at the close of the plaintiff’s case.
The suit was brought to recover damages for the loss of a thumb and other injuries suffered by the plaintiff while at work operating a snuff mill for the defendant at Spotswood, New Jersey,.on August 1st, 1895.
The nonsuit was ordered on the ground that the dangers of the work were perfectly obvious to the plaintiff, who was a man of full age, and that in hiring himself to the defendant to perform…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Leary v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Mundle v. Hill Manufacturing Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1894
- Essex County Electric Co. v. KellySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1894
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. McMullenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1895
3Cited by7 opinions
- St. Louis Cordage Co. v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Stoskoff v. WicklundNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
- Beardsley v. EwingNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1918
- Dillenberger v. WeingartnerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1900
- Zebrowski v. Warner Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
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