Dartmouth Spinning Co. v. Achord

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

According to the declaration, the plaintiff, a skilled carpenter and machinist, erected and put up machinery for the defendant company which he knew was unsafe, as to certain parts of it, for the lack of self-oilers. He knew that no employe could be relied upon to keep it oiled, and that the omission to oil it properly would render it dangerous. He admonished the company of the danger, protested more than once- against the omission to supply the needed self-oilers, and warned the company, even down to the day he was injured, to have the oiling duly attended to. But the…