Watson v. . Construction Company

The plaintiff brought suit to recover damages for personal injury alleged to have been caused by the explosion of dynamite caps negligently put into his possession by the defendant.

The defendant is a corporation, and at the time of the injury was engaged in blasting and grading a roadbed for a highway to be built from Hazel Creek in Swain County to the Tennessee line. The plaintiff had been in the employ of the defendant for two or three years, and prior to that time in the service of the defendant's predecessor. When injured he was the defendant's teamster. He was 18 years of age and weighed…