Haas v. Kundtz
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county. This proceeding was brought by John Haas against Theodor Kundtz in the common pleas of Cuyahoga. The plaintiff died after the trial in the common, pleas court and the executrix was substituted as plaintiff.
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Error to the Court of Appeals of Cuyahoga county. This proceeding was brought by John Haas against Theodor Kundtz in the common pleas of Cuyahoga. The plaintiff died after the trial in the common, pleas court and the executrix was substituted as plaintiff. It is alleged- in the petition that on or about July 19, 1912, plaintiff was in the employ of the defendant as a day laborer in defendant’s manufacturing plant in the city of Cleveland; that in the morning of said day, pursuant to the orders and directions of the defendant, he was at work in the machine room on the fifth floor, operating a…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
As shown by its journal entry the court of appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court solely on the ground of “error in the charge of the court to the jury; no other error appearing in the record.”
The record is unusually large. There was, however, very little contention as to the situation or the occurrences on the day of the injury. It is conceded that the plaintiff became blind more than a year afterwards, and the most important issue of fact, the one around which the contest was chiefly waged, was whether the blindness was caused by the injury received on the day of the accident.
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