Lassasso v. Jones Bros.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1913, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and' judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
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Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1913, Washington County, Fish, J., presiding. Verdict and' judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The evidence tended to show that defendant, a corporation, owns and operates two granite quarries in the town of Barre, one of which is called the “dark quarry,” and is where the accident in-question occurred; that before and at the time of the accident defendant had a superintendent of its quarries, and under him one Murray was foreman on the “dark quarry,” having full charge there, including hiring and…
1Opinion of the Court
"Watson, J.
'At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor on the grounds, (1) that the evidence does not show negligence by the defendant; (2) that if any negligence is shown, it was the negligence of a fellow servant; (3) that the plaintiff was on an equality with defendant in knowing of the danger which resulted- in his injury, and being so on an equality he can not recover; (4) that the plaintiff is confined by his declaration to negligence by defendant in having, maintaining, or leaving said bank or wall of granite in an unsafe position by…
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