Shaw v. . Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Aotiok by J. W. Sbaw against Highland Parle Manufacturing Company, heard by Judge B. B. Peebles and a jury, at the October Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of MecK-leNbueg. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in the employment of defendant. There were two separate actions for distinct injuries at different times. The actions were consolidated and tried upon a first and second cause of action.
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Aotiok by J. W. Sbaw against Highland Parle Manufacturing Company, heard by Judge B. B. Peebles and a jury, at the October Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of MecK-leNbueg. Action to recover damages for personal injuries received by plaintiff while in the employment of defendant. There were two separate actions for distinct injuries at different times. The actions were consolidated and tried upon a first and second cause of action. As to first cause of action the Court sustained a motion by defendant to nonsuit. As to second cause of action the Court intimated an opinion that upon the whole…
1Opinion of the CourtBkowN, J.
First cause of action: It appears from the evidence that the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant, and general utility man. On 12 August, 1904, plaintiff was ordered by C. W. Johnston, defendant’s general manager, to assist Robert McAlister in measuring the quantity of brickwork in the walls of the power-house. Plaintiff and McAlis-ter went upon a scaffold around the power-house by means of a gangway, which led from the ground up to the scaffold. McAlister walked on the same side of the gangway as he and plaintiff went up> that the plaintiff walked on in returning. After plaintiff and…
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