Legal Opinion · Dissent
Hayes v. . Elon College
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 1, 1944PublishedCited by 178 opinions
1DissentDevin, J.
SCHENCK and SEAWELL, JJ., concur in dissenting opinion. Proceedings before the Industrial Commission for compensation for the death of an alleged employee.
The defendant Board owns a local electric light system which serves its college buildings. It buys electricity wholesale from the Duke Power Company and distributes it over its own system.
One C. W. Wright is the Assistant Superintendent of Duke Power Company and C. D. Lovett is the Business Manager of defendant Board.
One of the poles of defendant's system fell down, and it employed Peele Electric Company, a contractor of Burlington, N.C. to…
2Cases cited83 opinions
- Blake v. . FerrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1851
- Deford v. State ex rel. KeyserCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1869
- Murray's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1919
- Beach v. . McLeanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
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3Cited by178 opinions
- Henry v. A. C. Lawrence Leather Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
- Woodling v. Garrett Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Hart v. Thomasville Motors, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
- Lucas v. Li'l General StoresSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1976
- Lemmerman v. A. T. Williams Oil Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
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