Du Pont Engineering Co. v. Blair
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of York county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a yrrit of error to a judgment in favor of Nicholas M. Blair against the Du Pont Engineering Company in an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Blair while in the employment of that company.
At the time of the accident the Du Pont Engineering Company was engaged in the business of loading large-caliber shells for the United States government, at Penniman, in York county. These shells, very much in the shape of an ■ordinary pistol cartridge, were about eight inches in diameter, about twenty-eight inches in length, and…
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