Alvey v. American Writing Paper Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for injuries received while employed in the paper mill of the defendant, with one count under the employers’ liability act, alleging a defect in the ways, works and machinery of the defendant, and two counts at common law alleging negligence on the part of the defendant, respectively, in not furnishing and keeping in repair suitable machinery and appliances, and in furnishing the plaintiff with defective and dangerous tools and machinery.
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Tort, for injuries received while employed in the paper mill of the defendant, with one count under the employers’ liability act, alleging a defect in the ways, works and machinery of the defendant, and two counts at common law alleging negligence on the part of the defendant, respectively, in not furnishing and keeping in repair suitable machinery and appliances, and in furnishing the plaintiff with defective and dangerous tools and machinery. Writ dated May 31, 1901. At the trial in the Superior Court before Q-askill, J., it appeared, in addition to the facts stated in the opinion, that the…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The plaintiff was struck and hurt by the flying up of an iron steam pipe used to convey steam into a beater in a paper mill. The object of introducing steam in the beater was to heat the materials which were in it being ground into pulp, and which were in a semifluid state. The pipe which flew up was two feet and nine inches in length and one inch and three-quarters in diameter and was attached by a loose joint at the upper edge of the beater to a similar vertical pipe fastened to the edge of the beater and to the ceiling of the room and connected with the source from which the hot steam was…
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