Davis v. Augusta Factory

Lumpkin, Justice.

This was an action by Irena Davis against the Augusta Factory for the homicide of a minor daughter-According to the evidence, fairly construed, the machine of the defendant from which the daughter received injuries resulting in her death was, though to some extent dangerous, entirely safe when properly operated. It is true that this machine was not of the latest, safest or most improved design, but it was entirely suitable for the purposes for which it was made, and relatively to-others used within a recent period, it was improved machinery, and of a kind still manufactured…