Turner v. Seville Gin & Warehouse Co.

Turner • brought suit against the Seville Gin & Warehouse Company, seeking to recover damages for a personal injury. lie alleged, that under the command of the superintendent of the defendant he was throwing on the brushes of one of the gins certain particles of cotton; that the gin was supplied with a sliding or revolving “mote-board,” which was on the opposite side of the gin from him, and of which he did not know, and was not warned, and that it was liable to be pushed against his hand by any person passing. As to the manner in which the injury actually occurred, the petition alleged, that…