Bauman v. Best Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 196, Oct. T., 1911, by plaintiff from order of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., December Term, 1906. No. 1015, refusing to take off non-suit in case of Max Bauman v. Best Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Macfarlane, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was in refusing to take off non-suit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Potter,
This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a judgment of compulsory non-suit. The plaintiff sought to recover damages for personal injuries inflicted by the fall of a plunger from an overhead crane. This plunger was a solid piece of steel, weighing twelve or fifteen pounds, working vertically through a hollow cylinder. It was attached to an arm at the top by means of two steel plates, through which ran a counter pin; and through this in turn at one end was inserted, solely for the purpose of keeping the counter pin in place, a small steel…
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