Noble v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Qoohe, J., April Term, 1909, of CeaveN. Civil action to recover damages for personal injury received by plaintiff while working in defendant’s mill. Tbe usual issues of negligence, contributory negligence and damage were submitted. From a verdict and judgment for plaintiff tbe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The uncontradicted evidence in this case tends to prove these facts. Plaintiff was injured in November, 1906, while feeding the planing mill. He was working under one Chapman, who was the foreman of the machine. A shiver of wood, became fastened under the guide. It was necessary to remove this. The grader, who was present, called plaintiff’s attention to the fact that there was a streak on the board, caused by the shiver. Plaintiff shut the feed off and went to remove the shiver. The company did not furnish any appliance of any kind for removing such shivers of wood. It was customary to pick…
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