Bollinger v. Crystal Sand Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 21, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Mifflin Co., Aug. Term, 1909, No. 80, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elizabeth V. Bollinger v. Crystal Sand Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Shull, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 21, Jan. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Mifflin Co., Aug. Term, 1909, No. 80, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Elizabeth V. Bollinger v. Crystal Sand Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Shull, P. J., specially presiding. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $2,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in overruling motion of defendant for judgment non obstante veredicto.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The plaintiff’s husband was employed in a building in which sand rock was crushed and sand was washed and dried and prepared for shipment. His work was to oil the machinery and watch the conveyors and bins and it took him to all parts of the building. While alone in an upper room his clothing was caught on the line shaft at a point where the rough edge of a key way projected an eighth of an inch and his body was wound around the shaft and he was killed. No one witnessed the accident.
At the trial different theories were advanced as to what the deceased was doing when his clothing…
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