Anderson v. Duckworth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, against Henry Duckworth and James Duckworth, copartners as H. and J. Duckworth, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff, while in the employ of the defendants, by their alleged negligence. At the trial in the Superior Court, , before Fessenden, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendants alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The work which the plaintiff was employed to do was to assemble revolvers. That is, he took the different parts, after they were prepared,'and put them together, and saw that they worked properly. It was no part of his duty to try them with explosives or to work on loaded revolvers. There was obviously nothing dangerous in handling revolvers under such circumstances. After the revolvers were assembled, they were tested by one of the defendants, James Duckworth, by loading and firing them, and if they worked all right they were accepted, but if they did not they were returned to the assembler.…
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