Anderson v. Howe Scale Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case for negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1914, Rutland County, Miles, J., presiding. Verdict directed for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action for personal injuries and a trial by jury was had with verdict directed for defendant. There was very little conflict in the testimony. In the view most favorable to the plaintiff the testimony disclosed the following facts.
Defendant owns and operates an extensive scale factory in the city of Rutland. At the time of his injury plaintiff was employed in defendant’s foundry where he had been engaged for twenty-three years, four years as a moulder and the last nineteen years as a melter. At the time of the accident he was assistant foreman in the melting department. There was…
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