Myers v. Hudson Iron Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Four actions oe tort for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiffs, on October 15, 1884, while in the employment of the defendant corporation, by falling down a mining shaft by reason of defective machinery. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Bishop, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows.
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Four actions oe tort for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiffs, on October 15, 1884, while in the employment of the defendant corporation, by falling down a mining shaft by reason of defective machinery. The cases were tried together in the Superior Court, before Bishop, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows. The defendant was the owner of an iron mine at West Stock-bridge, and the plaintiffs were employed by it to work as laborers in the mine in various capacities. Access was had to the mine by means of inclines or chutes, and by. three vertical shafts…
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
The several plaintiffs, who were underground laborers in the defendant’s mine, were undertaking to descend into the mine through a perpendicular shaft by means of a bucket, as they had been in the habit of doing. The bucket was supported by a wire rope or cable, which wound around a drum, and it was usually controlled in its descent by means of a shoe-brake which pressed upon the rim of the drum. This shoe-brake was operated by the defendant’s assistant engineer, by means of a lever. On the occasion of the accident, the plaintiffs had all entered the bucket, and, upon word being given, the…
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