McCaffrey v. Mossberg & Granville Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case. The facts are stated in full in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, C. J.
This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence. The declaration alleges, in substance, that the plaintiff was in the employ of George W. Dover, a manufacturing jeweler, and while engaged in operating a drop press, in which was a heavy weight held by a hook, the hook broke and the weight fell upon his hand and injured it; that the machine was manufactured by the defendant and sold to Dover ; that it was the duty of the defendant to use due care in the manufacture thereof, but that the machine was negligently built and defective in this — that the hook was made of . iron or steel of…
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