Walters v. Rocky Mount Sash & Blind Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Peebles, J., at October Term, 1910, of Edgecombe. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Chief Justice Ciarle.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
The plaintiff, 19 years of age, had been working in the defendant’s factory in the sash department. On 4 June, 1909, the foreman transferred him to the moulder, a dangerous machine with revolving knives. The plaintiff objected to going, but the foreman told him that he was short of hands and that a green hand was running the moulder who was tearing it all up. The foreman gave the plaintiff no instructions. The plaintiff undertook to do the work, but found that the machine was “shaking and rattling like the wood was beating down on the bed.” The plaintiff carried the piece of wood he was…
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- Shaw v. Highland Park Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Baker v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
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