Lamb v. Littman.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by W. T. Lamb, by his next friend, J. M. Lamb, against I. Littman, heard by Judge H. B. Bryan and a jury, at November Term, 1900, of the Superior Court of RowaN County. Erom a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
Erom a careful review of the evidence, we find that it establishes a prima facie case, and his Llonor erred in sustaining the motion to dismiss, as in case of nonsuit, and in not submitting tbe issues to the jury. The evidence shows that defendant, in running his mill through agents, had one general superintendent who hired and discharged hands, and also had spinning-room superintendents, bosses or overseers, who controlled and directed the hands in the performance of their work, and also sometimes hired and, in case of disobedience, of which they were the judges, discharged the hands under…
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