Schall v. Cole
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of York county: Of July Term, 1884, No. 66. This was an action on the case, by Charles T. Cole against Michael Schall, to recover damages- for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant in operating certain defective machinery without sufficient supervision. Plea, not guilty.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of York county: Of July Term, 1884, No. 66. This was an action on the case, by Charles T. Cole against Michael Schall, to recover damages- for injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant in operating certain defective machinery without sufficient supervision. Plea, not guilty. On the trial, the following facts appeared : The plaintiff was employed at the time of the accident in operating a planing machine at the works of the defendant. In the room in which he worked, the machinery was driven by a small engine without a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sterrett
In submitting the questions of fact upon which the plaintiff’s right to recover depended, the learned judge so clearly and accurately defined the duties and obligations springing from the relation of the parties, that the jury could have no difficulty in properly applying the jH’ineiples thus explained to the facts of the case as established by the evidence. The jury in arriving at their verdict, must have found that the injuries complained of by plaintiff below resulted from the want of reasonable and proper care on the part of defendant or his authorized agents; and that plaintiff himself…
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