Coe v. Hewett

Quillian, Judge.

This being an action based on the alleged failure of the defendant to provide a safe place for the plaintiff to1 work, it is essential that the petition show that the alleged defect in the machine was the proximate cause of the injury. Vinson v. Willingham Cotton Mills, 2 Ga. App. 53 (4) (58 S. E. 413). The petition alleged that as a result of the machine being defective it became “clogged, stopped up and congested” and was smoking; the plaintiff attempted to lift the “feeding platform” with an improvised handle and in doing so his right hand was struck by one of thejsaws in…