Aziz v. Atlantic Cotton Mills

This is an action at common law for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant. At the trial in the Superior Court, at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, the judge directed a verdict for the defendant, and the case is before us on the plaintiff’s exceptions.

The plaintiff is a Syrian and came to this country five or six months before the accident complained of. He went to work for the defendant on the second or third day after his arrival. At the time of the accident, June 12, 1902, he was about nineteen years old and could not speak English. The only…