Tomaczewski v. Dobson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 239, Jan. T., 1903, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T., 1901, No. 3066, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Ksawery Tomaczewski v. James Dobson. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Willson, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are detailed in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $1,800. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
‘ Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
The plaintiff was employed in steaming cloth in the defendant’s dye-house. The machine used for the purpose had two parallel rollers, three or four feet above the floor, which revolved independently of each other, and were controlled by separate levers. A third lever threw off the belt and stopped the whole machine. All of these levers were at the right-hand side of the machine and within easy reach of the operator. After the cloth passed from the back to the front roller, a strip of burlap was wrapped around it and a rope attached to one end of the strip was…
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