Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. v. Knight
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Henrico county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff in the court below, the defendant in error here, brought his action against the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company to recover damages for personal injuries resulting to him by reason of the alleged failure of the defendant to furnish reasonably safe and sound appliances and instrumentalities with which to work whilst engaged, as is averred, in its service, along with others, in the construction of a warehouse.
At the time the plaintiff was 'injured he was assisting in raising lumber by means of a rope, which ran from the ground floor to the top of the building, there passed over…
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