Drum v. . Miller

This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages for an injury to one of his eyes, which is alleged in the complaint to have been caused by the wrongful and negligent act of the defendant. There is not much dispute about the facts. At the time the injury was received the defendant was a teacher in a public school of Catawba County and the plaintiff was one of his pupils. While the school was in session, and plaintiff's class was reciting one of its lessons, the attention of the plaintiff was attracted by some disturbance in the schoolroom, and when he turned his head to see what…