Allen v. Hixson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. January 8, 1900. The plaintiff was a young woman employed in the defendant’s laundry, as an operative of a mangle, which consisted of an upright frame holding two horizontal metallic rollers covered with divers layers of cloth, and an uncovered hollow metallic bar between said rollers and a lever or appliance on one side of said frame for the purpose of bringing the rollers in close proximity to the bar,…
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Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. January 8, 1900. The plaintiff was a young woman employed in the defendant’s laundry, as an operative of a mangle, which consisted of an upright frame holding two horizontal metallic rollers covered with divers layers of cloth, and an uncovered hollow metallic bar between said rollers and a lever or appliance on one side of said frame for the purpose of bringing the rollers in close proximity to the bar, and on the other side of the frame was an arrangement of band-wheel and cog-wheel for receiving and conveying steam power…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
The bill of exceptions alleges error in sustaining a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, the substance of which appears in the official report. Assuming as true the plaintiff’s allegations, we agree with the trial judge that she did not set forth a cause of action. It affirmatively appears that it was her duty to feed the machine by which she was injured, and it is a legitimate inference that it was also incumbent upon her to inform the superintendent that this ma*463chine was out of order. Beyond this it can not be gathered from her petition that anything more was required of her. It…
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