Caldon v. Meredith Shook & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendants. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. The defendants’ motions for a nonsuit and the direction of a verdict in their favor were denied, and they excepted. Transferred from the March term, 1910, of the superior court by Chamberlin, J.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
The plaintiff’s evidence tended to prove the following facts: At the time of his injuries the plaintiff was employed in the defendant’s mill as an engineer and had been so employed for many years; and while rightfully passing through a passageway by an edging machine in operation, an edging was thrown from the saw, the sharp end of which struck him upon one of his legs and caused a wound which rendered amputation necessary. Some two weeks before, a post or joist had been set up on the bench of the sawing machine about two feet in the rear of the saw and within four inches of the line of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Disalets v. International Paper Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1908
- Hamel v. Newmarket Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1905
- Vaisbord v. Nashua Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1908
- Bennett v. Concord Woodworking Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1907
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