Morse v. Glendon Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff’s intestate, John H. Morse, while in the employ of the defendant corporation. Trial in this court, before Lord, J., who reported the case for the consideration of the full court. If, upon the evidence, it would be competent for the jury to find for the plaintiff, the case was to stand for trial; otherwise, the plaintiff was to become nonsuit. The nature of the evidence appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtEndicott, J.
In our view of this case the material questions arc, whether there was any evidence offered by the plaintiff of negligence on the part of the defendant in the selection of the machine, or of the servant charged with the duty of putting it in order for use.
The machine was a boiler for drying lumber by steam pressure. It consisted of a cylinder made of boiler iron, twenty-four feet long and five feet in diameter, open at one end, to which was attached a rim and a door to be shut when in use. The cylinder was made in Boston; the rim and the door connected with it were purchased from a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Ford v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Arkerson v. DennisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Huddleston v. Lowell Machine ShopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- O'Connor v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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- Holden v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880