Womble v. . Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by W. C. Womble against tbe Merchants Grocery Company, beard by Judge W. B. Allen and a jury, at February Term, 1903, of tbe Superior Court of Guilpobd County.
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ActioN by W. C. Womble against tbe Merchants Grocery Company, beard by Judge W. B. Allen and a jury, at February Term, 1903, of tbe Superior Court of Guilpobd County. Tbe plaintiff alleged that tbe defendant company was engaged in tbe wholesale grocery business in tbe city of Greensboro, receiving and shipping large quantities of groceries and other goods, which were,, kept and stored in their store-house in said city; that said store-house was four stories high, in which there was an elevator for the purpose of carrying goods to the different floors and lowering them to the first floor for…
1Opinion of the CourtConnor, J.
The defendant having demurred to the evidence and moved for nonsuit, its first exception is directed to 'the refusal of his Honor to sustain the motion. The plaintiff testified, in substance, that he entered the employment of the defendant on January 20, 1899, coining to Greensboro from Chatham County where he had lived up to that time; that he was hired to truck freight and handle goods. That the goods were trucked on different floors and carried from one floor to another on an elevator. That he had seen one or two elevators before entering the service of the defendant, but had never been on…
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