Henessey v. Wabash Mills Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 182, Jan. T., 1911, by plaintiff from order of C. P. No. 3, Pbila. Co., Dec. T., 1907, No. 3713, refusing to take off non-suit in case of James Hennessey v. Wabash Mills Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Davis, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off non-suit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Elkin,
This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the defendant company. The negligence charged is that defendant maintained dangerous hatchways, used for the purpose of raising and lowering merchandise, and had permitted one of these hatchways on an upper floor to be left unguarded, unprotected and uncovered, as a result of which failure to *33properly guard, appellant in discharge of his duties as a night watchman and without notice of the dangerous situation, fell through the open hatchway to…
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- Clough v. HoffmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
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