Harris v. . Mangum

Civil action for the recovery of damages for the wrongful and negligent death of plaintiff's intestate, tried by Bond, J., and a jury, at the October-November term of the Superior Court of Wake. The intestate was standing near a steam boiler used by the defendant in the operation of a sawmill when the boiler exploded, causing the death of the intestate. There was evidence for plaintiff tending to show that her intestate was an employee of the defendant, and evidence for defendant tending to show that he was not. The jury found that the intestate was such employee, answered the issue of…