Ferries Co. v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Portsmouth, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
Tin's is an action by A. B. Brown against the Ferries Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries. There was a verdict in his favor, upon which the court entered the judgment under review.
Brown was an employee of the Ferries Company upon one of its ferry boats. It was a part of his duty to turn by hand a heavy wheel used in raising and lowering the dock so as to adjust the same for a convenient connection with *15the boat. This wheel is turned by means of hand-holds projecting several inches from its outside rim and attached thereto at the outer end of each spoke. The power…
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