Baldwin v. Urner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 359, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Montgomery Co., March T., 1901, No. 9, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Harry M. Baldwin by his father and next friend, William H. Baldwin, v. W. C. Urner, trading as W. C. Urner & Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before ' Swartz, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are fully stated in the opinion of.the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 359, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Montgomery Co., March T., 1901, No. 9, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Harry M. Baldwin by his father and next friend, William H. Baldwin, v. W. C. Urner, trading as W. C. Urner & Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before ' Swartz, P. J. The circumstances of the accident are fully stated in the opinion of.the Supreme Court. The locality of the accident is indicated by the following plan: The court entereda compulsory nonsuit whichit subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was in…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Dean,
The plaintiff, a minor eighteen years of age, was employed by defendants in their machine knitting factory. He attended ten machines and had done so for about one month before February 12, 1901. Sometime before his last employment he had served in the same way at the same machines for two months but had been changed to other work in another part of the mill and after an interval of two or three months was changed back to the same ten machines. On the day mentioned plaintiff met with a serious accident and is probably permanently injured. The circumstances under…
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- Kehler v. Schwenk, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Northumberland County1891
- Rummell v. Dilworth, Porter & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1886
- Kaufhold v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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