Duggan v. Heaphy
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1910, Washington County, Butler, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
The plaintiff worked for the defendant in the laundry of his hotel and received an injury by having her hand drawn into a power mangle while she was operating *518it. The action is case for negligence. The cause was tried by jury. Verdict and judgment were for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
The mangle in question, as the testimony tended' to show it, is as follows: There is an iron steam chest six feet and ten inches long resting on frame work. The upper surface of this chest is concave, and a large cylinder twenty inches in diameter and of the same length as the chest and wrapped with…
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