Steele v. Grant
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Peebles, J., at April Term, 1914, of WaYNE. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the negligence of defendant. The plaintiff, T. 0. Steele, was on 9 September, 1913, engaged as a carpenter in the construction of a five-story reenforced concrete building for IT. L. Grant, defendant, in the city of Goldsboro.
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Appeal by defendant from Peebles, J., at April Term, 1914, of WaYNE. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the negligence of defendant. The plaintiff, T. 0. Steele, was on 9 September, 1913, engaged as a carpenter in the construction of a five-story reenforced concrete building for IT. L. Grant, defendant, in the city of Goldsboro. Steele is. a carpenter by trade, with several years experience, and had been at work on this building since 1 July, 1913. An elevator was used for conveying the material up on the building as it progressed, and for taking trash down,…
1Opinion of the Court
Walkeb, J.,
after stating the facts: There was evidence of negligence in this case, which we must assume was properly submitted to the jury in the charge of the court, as the latter was not sent up. The general rule as to the duty of'the master in respect to the place of his servant’s work, and tools and. appliances furnished to him for the purpose of doing the work, and as to structures which he is engaged in erecting, was conceded, *641and may be thus formulated: Tbe duty of tbe master to provide reasonably safe tools, machinery, and place to work does not go to tbe extent of a guarantee of…
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