Frye v. Bath Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Motion by Defendant. This was an action on the case to recover .damages for injuries received by the plaintiff, a minor, twenty years of age, while in the employ of the defendant eorporatipn at the city of Bath.
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On Motion by Defendant. This was an action on the case to recover .damages for injuries received by the plaintiff, a minor, twenty years of age, while in the employ of the defendant eorporatipn at the city of Bath. The plaintiff claimed that he had been in the service of the defendant for five months, or more, and for two months previous to March, 1898, he had served in the capacity of fireman in the defendant’s power-house in Bath; and that while so employed he was injured through the negligence of the defendant corporation in the following manner. It appears that in the fire-room where the…
1Opinion of the CourtStrout, J.
Defendant had at its power-house five furnaces in a line, three of them burning coal and two saw-dust. Plaintiff was fireman, whose duty it was to “slice” or rake the fires in these furnaces. This was done with an iron bar ten feet, or more, in length. The furnaces were ten to twelve feet deep. It was necessary to do the slicing or raking rapidly, to prevent steam running down. The raking was begun at the back of the furnace, with the fire-box doors open. It was very hot in front when the doors were open. In raking, plaintiff stood facing the furnace. The raking of one furnace occupied about…
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- Kane v. Northern Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Lawless v. Connecticut River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Taylor v. Carew Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Lyman v. County of HampshireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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- State ex rel. Wehe v. FrazierNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921
- Wilson v. GordonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Olson v. WelfordNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1935
- Baumler v. Narragansett Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1901
- State ex rel. Wehe v. FrazierNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921