Haynie v. North Carolina Electric Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Welt, Jat May Term, 1911, of Madison. Civil action to recover damages for the death of William Gray Haynie, plaintiffs son, killed while in the employ of the defendants, who were constructing a dam across French Broad River. At the close of the evidence for 'plaintiff a motion to nonsuit was sustained, and from the judgment rendered the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBkowN, J.
The evidence offered by plaintiff tends to prove that his son, the intestate, aged 13 years, was killed in the engine-room of defendants, situated on west side of the French Broad River, about 12 July, 1910, by falling on the belt connected with the engine. The evidence tends to prove that the boy was employed by defendants Willard & Son as a water carrier for the men engaged on the east side of the river, in building a railroad track, and that on the west side of the river were situated all the engines and machinery for blasting and moving rock, etc.
The evidence shows that the time the boy…
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