Legal Opinion

Standard Red Cedar Chest Co. v. Monroe

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 12, 1919PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of city of Lynchburg in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

Whittle, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant in error, an infant under the age of fourteen years, to-wit: of the age of twelve years, suing by his next friend, brought this motion against the plaintiff in error, the owner and operator of a factory for the manufacture of cedar chests, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by him as an employee in defendant’s factory.

The motion was brought under an act of the general assembly approved March 27, 1914, which, so far as pertinent to this case, provides as follows:

Section 1. “That * * * no child under the age of fourteen…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Norman v. Virginia-Pocahontas Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Koester v. . Rochester Candy WorksNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
  3. Leathers v. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
  4. American Car & Foundry Co. v. ArmentrautIllinois Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Inland Steel Co. v. YedinakIndiana Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Vansant and Gusler, Inc. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1993
  2. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Washington Brick & Terra Cotta Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  3. Humphrees v. Boxley Bros.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  4. Bassett v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
  5. Edwards v. Laurel Branch Coal Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1922

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