Virginia Portland Cement Co. v. Luck's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The following instructions were given to the jury: “Instruction for Plaintiff No. 1. “The court instructs the jury that it was the duty of the defendant company to use all reasonable care to provide and maintain suitable structures, instrumentalities, machinery and appliances, and not to expose its employees to risks beyond those incident to the employment, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The administrator of 'William Luck, deceased, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Augusta cotmty, to recover damages of, the Virginia Portland Cement Company for the death of the deceased, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendant.
The action is predicated on the negligence of the defendant in keeping in unsafe repair its premises where the deceased, in the discharge of his duties, was required to work, the specific *434negligence alleged being the failure o-f the defendant to keep sufficiently coverd up and protected a conveyor which crossed a passageway, over and along which…
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