Packer v. Thomson-Houston Electric Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, through the alleged negligence of the defendant, while in its employ. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
The machine on which the plaintiff was injured is what is known as a Cranston and Jones undercut machine, which is so fully described in Martineau v. National Blank Book Co. 166 Mass. 4, that we do not consider it necessary to describe it again at length. It is enough to say that above a steel table were two shafts, in the grooves of which ran a clamp. Underneath the table was a knife. Both the clamp and the knife were worked by machinery. Power was applied by means of a shipper, and two motions were required to set the machinery in motion : one a motion to the right, and then a downward…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mooney v. Connecticut River Lumber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Kellogg v. TompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
- Donahue v. DrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Hannah v. Connecticut River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
- Connors v. Durite Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
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