Leathers v. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiost, tried before Moore, and a jury, at October Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of Dukham County. Tbis action is prosecuted by plaintiff, appearing by bis next friend, for tbe purpose of recovering damages for injuries sustained while in tbe employment of defendant.
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Civil actiost, tried before Moore, and a jury, at October Term, 1906, of tbe Superior Court of Dukham County. Tbis action is prosecuted by plaintiff, appearing by bis next friend, for tbe purpose of recovering damages for injuries sustained while in tbe employment of defendant. In bis complaint be alleges: 1. That tbe Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company is a corporation duly organized under tbe laws of New Jersey, but having an office and its factory in the city of Durham. 2. That tbe plaintiff is a minor, now about the age of fourteen years. 3. That sometime in the year 1905 plaintiff went to…
1Opinion of the Court
Connor, J.,
after stating the’case: Tbe defendant’s exceptions, numbered two to seven, inclusive, are directed to tbe admission of evidence tending to show that boys, other than and near the age of tbe plaintiff, were injured while work ing at the same machines, it appearing that there were quite a number of exactly the same construction operated in the same room. The purpose of this evidence was not to show any defect in the machine. The basis of plaintiff’s action is that, being a child under twelve years of age, the defendant put him to work at a machine the operation of which was…
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