Wallace v. Henderson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Piula. Co., March T., 1903, No. 1775, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William F. Wallace, v. Henderson & Brother. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries.
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Appeal, No. 294, Jan. T., 1904, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Piula. Co., March T., 1903, No. 1775, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William F. Wallace, v. Henderson & Brother. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Beitler, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff, a rigger in the employ of the defendants, was injured on December 20, 1,902, by the breaking of a rope while working in and about the works of the Edison Light Company at Twenty-seventh and Christian streets in the city of Philadelphia. The allegation of negligence was that the defendant did…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Mitchell,
The rope though spliced, and the block, were apparently both in good condition and safe tools for appropriate work, but not adapted to be used together, the rope being too large to *145pass safely through the block. Hence, when the splice reached the block it jammed, and under the strain from the engine, the block split and the rope instead of running smoothly in the groove of the sheave, slipped off and was cut in two by the sharp edge of the broken block, and started the chain of causes which produced the accident. The negligence charged, therefore, was in…
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