Warren v. Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp.
Superior Court of Delaware
Action on the Case to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff. At the trial, the plaintiff testified concerning the accident, in substance, as follows: I am twenty-three years of age; will be twenty-four the thirtieth of the coming May. On the twenty-fifth of February, 1910, I was employed by the Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation in the blacksmith shop as a blacksmith’s helper.
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Action on the Case to recover damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff. At the trial, the plaintiff testified concerning the accident, in substance, as follows: I am twenty-three years of age; will be twenty-four the thirtieth of the coming May. On the twenty-fifth of February, 1910, I was employed by the Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation in the blacksmith shop as a blacksmith’s helper. My employment there dated from sometime in November, 1909. Samuel Truitt was the blacksmith; I was helping. We were making what they call a form or yoke out of iron. In making that they use several…
1Opinion of the Court
Boyce, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—We decline to instruct you to find* for the defendant.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, David Samuel Warren, against the defendant, Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation, to recover- damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff, alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendant corporation, at the shops of the defendant corporation, in this city on the twenty-fifth day of February, A. D. 1910.
The plaintiff’s declaration contains a single count and, in general language, the negligence charged is that the defendant…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Decker v. MannSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Giordano v. Brandywine Granite Co.New York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1901
- Murphy v. HughesSuperior Court of Delaware · 1898
3Cited by1 opinion
- Krause v. EmmonsSuperior Court of Delaware · 1915