Gilbert v. Elk Tanning Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 79, Jan. T., 1908, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Bradford Co., May T., 1906, No. 448, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Clara Augusta Gilbert v. Elk Tanning Company. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Fanning, P. J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff for $6,000. Defendant appealed. Error assigned amongst others was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This was an action of trespass brought by Clara A. Gilbert to recover from the Elk Tanning Company damages for the death of her husband, Elijah B. Gilbert. The plaintiff died before the case was tried, and her administrator was substituted. It appears from the evidence that Elijah B. Gilbert was employed as a bleacherman in defendant’s tannery at Powell, in Bradford county, and had been so employed, for years prior to the accident by which he lost his life. On December 10, 1905, while working in the tannery he fell into an open vat containing hot liquid, and was…
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