Dixon v. Swift
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action on the case for damages for negligence of the defendants, resulting in injuries to the plaintiff’s intestate on the seventh day of October, 1901, which caused his death on the following day. From the evidence offered by the plaintiff it appeared that the defendants at that time owned, managed and controlled a rendering-plant at East Deeriug, and were in the business of rendering tallow, etc.
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On report. Action on the case for damages for negligence of the defendants, resulting in injuries to the plaintiff’s intestate on the seventh day of October, 1901, which caused his death on the following day. From the evidence offered by the plaintiff it appeared that the defendants at that time owned, managed and controlled a rendering-plant at East Deeriug, and were in the business of rendering tallow, etc. Their factory was located on the easterly side of Presumpscot Street, and about thirty rods from the street. The premises were unenclosed and an open driveway led from Presumpscot Street…
1Opinion of the CourtStrout, J.
Defendants were the owners operating a rendering plant at East Deering, and were in the business of rendering tallow, etc. The premises were on the side of Presumpscot Street, and about thirty rods from the street. They were unenclosed, and- an open driveway led from the street to the factory. The engine-house was at the northerly end of the factory building, and the two were connected by a narrow covered passageway, seven and nine-tenths feet wide. At its easterly end there was a door five and nine-tenths feet high and two and twenty-five hundredths feet wide. The threshold was one and…
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