Choctaw Cotton Oil Co. v. Pope
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; George C. Abernathy, Judge. Action by Leslie 3- Pope against the Choctaw Cotton Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtRiddle, J.
The parties will be designated herein as they appeared on the docket in the trial court. Plaintiff sued defendant in damages for the loss of his hand and injury to his hand and arm. In substance, the ground of' recovery relied upon was that defendant owned and operated a cotton seed oil mill and cotton gin in Shawnee, Okla.; that each gin stand is equipped with 70 circular-saws; that said saws are set on a line shaft about five-eighths of an inch apart; that in the operation of the gin. stands they become clogged by lint and trash accumulating between the rib plate, rendering it necessary to…
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