Hamby v. Union Paper-Mills Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Candler. Kockdale superior court. April term, 1899. The plaintiff was an employee in the defendant’s paper-mill, and a part of his duty was to guide paper through a cutting-machine. Another employee, one Mitchell, had control of the running of the machine, and the plaintiff was his helper and was working under his direction.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Candler. Kockdale superior court. April term, 1899. The plaintiff was an employee in the defendant’s paper-mill, and a part of his duty was to guide paper through a cutting-machine. Another employee, one Mitchell, had control of the running of the machine, and the plaintiff was his helper and was working under his direction. In the operation of the machine the plaintiff stood in front of it, and the paper was passed to him from the opposite side by Mitchell, and guided'by the plaintiff as it passed between rollers by which it was carried under a stationary…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
A careful reading- of the facts of this case authorizes us to announce as applicable to them the principles set out in the two headnotes. These principles have been ruled by many cases, among them the following: McDonald v. Ea*4gle & Phenix Mfg. Co., 68 Ga. 839; McGovern v. Columbus Mfg. Co., 80 Ga. 227; Ellington v. Beaver Dam Lumber Co., 93 Ga. 53; Civil Code, § 3830; Stubbs v. Atlanta Mills, 92 Ga. 495; Hoyle v. Excelsior Steam Laundry Co., 95 Ga. 34; Willingham v. Rockdale etc. Co., 101 Ga. 713. These cases discuss thoroughly every element of the present one, and it is unnecessary to do…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ellington v. Beaver Dam Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- McDonald v. Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1882
- Stubbs v. Atlanta Cotton-Seed Oil MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- McGovern v. Columbus Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Hoyle v. Excelsior Steam Laundry Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1894
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Moore v. Dublin Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Crown Cotton Mills v. McNallySupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- International Cotton Mills v. WebbCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
- Vinson v. Willingham Cotton MillsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Ayers v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
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