Legal Opinion

Curran v. Merchants' Manufacturing Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 23, 1881PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSoule, J.

The plaintiff in the first count of his declaration alleges that he was injured because the defendant, his employer, managed its machinery so negligently and carelessly that it was unsafe and dangerous. In the second count, he alleges that he was taken from the work for which he was employed, and set to cleaning out the gearing of a mule frame, which was an unusual employment for him, in which he was not instructed or skilled, and was to be attended to in an unusual place for him to work; that the gearing was still and in a safe condition for him to work on it, but while he was so at work it…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
  2. O'Connor v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Evans v. MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Jones v. Florence Mining Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Harris v. McNamaraSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
  4. Hefferen v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
  5. Brown v. Farmers & Merchants National BankTexas Supreme Court · 1895

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