Howard v. Buckeye Cotton Oil Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actioN, tried, before Cline, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1917, of MeokleNbukgl The action was to recover damages for physical injuries, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant company, and by reason of which, on October 3 or 4, 1916, plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, assisting in the operation of linter machines in defendant’s mill, had his hand badly lacerated and permanently injured, from which he still suffers.
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Civil actioN, tried, before Cline, J., and a jury, at February Term, 1917, of MeokleNbukgl The action was to recover damages for physical injuries, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant company, and by reason of which, on October 3 or 4, 1916, plaintiff, an employee of the defendant, assisting in the operation of linter machines in defendant’s mill, had his hand badly lacerated and permanently injured, from which he still suffers. On denial of liability and plea of contributory negligence, ■ the jury rendered the following verdict: 1. Was the plaintiff injured by the negligence of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
It was chiefly urged for error that the court overruled defendant’s motion to nonsuit, but, on the record, such a motion could not be sustained. There was evidence on the part of plaintiff tending to show that on 3 October, 1916, plaintiff, an inexperienced hand, as employee of defendant company, was engaged with‘others in operating the linters in defendant’s mill, these linters being machines whereby the lint cotton is removed from the seed, preparatory to their being manufactured into oil; that the linter, speaking generally, consisted of a saw cylinder, containing around its face large…
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