Legal Opinion
Fortin v. Manville Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
Decided March 22, 1904No. 2,714PublishedCited by 6 opinions
On Demurrer to Declaration.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This is an action for negligence. The first count of the declaration alleges that the defendant company.threw, or permitted to be thrown, bales of cotton from a ^doorway on the third floor of its cotton house to a platform on the first floor; that this platform was used by employes in carrying bales of cotton on trucks from the first floor of the cotton house to the picker room; that, by throwing bales of cotton from the third floor, the platform and first floor of the cotton house were rendered “a dangerous, unsafe, and hazardous place for the employés engaged in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Finalyson v. Utica Mining & Milling Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
- Bethlehem Iron Co. v. WeissCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1900
- Larich v. MoiesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1894
- Di Marcho v. Builders Iron FoundrySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1893
3Cited by6 opinions
- New York, N. H. & H. R. v. VizvariCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913
- Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. HallCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1917
- Maine & N. H. Granite Corp. v. HacheyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1909
- Hartford v. Northwestern Stevedoring Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1928
- Milliken v. Rhode Island Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1917
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