Rice v. Mills
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant corporation. Trial in the Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The plaintiff is about fifty years of age, of ordinary intelligence, and for the greater part of her life has worked in cotton mills.
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant corporation. Trial in the Superior Court, before Thompson, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows: The plaintiff is about fifty years of age, of ordinary intelligence, and for the greater part of her life has worked in cotton mills. The defendant corporation is engaged in the manufacture of cotton cloth, and owns and runs two large mills containing together about one hundred thousand spindles, and employing upwards of a thousand hands. The plaintiff had worked for it for upwards…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The evidence of the manner in which the weight was attached to the machine, of the purpose for which it was attached, and of the effect produced by it in the working of the machine, being undisputed, the court rightly ruled that it was a part of the machine, within the meaning of the law that the defendant was bound to exercise due care in furnishing suitable machines, and in keeping them in proper repair.
There was evidence for the jury that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care. There was evidence that she did not know, and that it was not her duty to know, that the weight was…
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- Benzing v. . Steinway and SonsNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Holden v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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