Faulkner v. Delph Spinning Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 311, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 4956, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary A. Faulkner, by her next friend, Margaret J. Howard, v. Delph Spinning Company, Incorporated, Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Hall, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,000, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 311, Jan. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1912, No. 4956, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Mary A. Faulkner, by her next friend, Margaret J. Howard, v. Delph Spinning Company, Incorporated, Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Hall, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $5,000, and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was the fourth assignment which complained of the charge to the jury as erroneous, inadequate…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewaet,
The plaintiff, a girl of seventeen years, was a cone-winder in the employ of the defendant company. The work assigned her was to walk back and forth in front of a spinning machine, remove the waste material as it gathered, tie up the threads or ends where broken, and generally to see that the machine was kept busy in winding the yams on the spools. Underneath an iron frame which extends along the length of the machine there is a series of wheels attached to a revolving shaft. Dividing these, in the center of the frame, are two cog wheels, one on the driving…
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