Dorsett v. Clement-Ross Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActiON by Arthur Dorsett against the Clement-Ross Manufacturing Company, beard by Judge Thos. J. Shaw and a jury, at April Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Daved-SON County. Erom a judgment for th.e plaintiff, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtFueches, C. J.
The defendant is a corporation engaged in manufacturing veneering, and the plaintiff was an employee of defendant at the time he received the injury complained of, and this action is brought for damages.
The plaintiff alleges that his business at the time of the injury (as it had been for the past four or five days) was to hoist logs or blocks' by means of a sweep, to which was attached a block and tackle; that the blocks were raised in this way from the floor of the building, a distance of some four feet, swung around to the machine and then fastened; that it was also a part of his duty to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cox v. Norfolk & Carolina RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- McLeod v. . BullardSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Harding v. . LongSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1889
- Rittenhouse v. Wilmington Street-Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
- Myers v. Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
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- Deligny v. Tate Furniture Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
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