Greiser v. Eddystone Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1909, by-plaintiff, from order of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1908, No. 243, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Jacob Greiser v. The Eddystone Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a workman whose hand was caught between the rollers of a drying machine. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off.
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Jan. T., 1909, by-plaintiff, from order of C. P. Delaware Co., June T., 1908, No. 243, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Jacob Greiser v. The Eddystone Manufacturing Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries to a workman whose hand was caught between the rollers of a drying machine. Before Johnson, P. J. The facts appear in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in refusing to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
March 7,1910:
The plaintiff had worked a year or more at a machine for drying cloth in the defendant’s mill. The cloth was washed in a long tub by passing it between rollers, and was then drawn by a roller to the drying'machine, where it passed between heated cylinders that revolved rapidly. It was the plaintiff’s duty to see that the cloth, after it passed between the cylinders, was wound on spools. The edges of the cloth would frequently become doubled over, and he was then required to remove the folds with his hands. On the day of the accident there were an unusual number of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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