McKinney v. . Adams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Calvert, J., at July Term, 1922, of McDowell. There were allegations with evidence on part of plaintiff tending to show that on 22 September, 1919, plaintiff was employed for defendant company by one James Boyd, vice principal and foreman of said company, and sent into the woods on the Blue Eidge Mountains to nose and knot logs and drive grabs into said logs and load the teams, etc., in the woods, some distance from defendant’s camp.
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Appeal by defendant from Calvert, J., at July Term, 1922, of McDowell. There were allegations with evidence on part of plaintiff tending to show that on 22 September, 1919, plaintiff was employed for defendant company by one James Boyd, vice principal and foreman of said company, and sent into the woods on the Blue Eidge Mountains to nose and knot logs and drive grabs into said logs and load the teams, etc., in the woods, some distance from defendant’s camp. That for purposes of doing the work, said foreman himself gave defendant an axe with a defective handle. Speaking to the condition of…
1Opinion of the CourtHoice, J.
In Thompson v. Oil Co., 177 N. C., 279-282, the Court, in the opinion, speaking to the question chiefly presented, said: “It is the accepted principle in tbis State that an employer of labor, in the exercise of reasonable cafe, is required to furnish his employees a safe place to work and provide them with implements, tools, and appliances suitable for the work in which they are engaged. Kiger v. Scales Co., 162 N. C., 133; Mincey v. R. R., 161 N. C., 467; Reid v. Rees, 155 N. C., 231; Hicks v. Mfg. Co., 138 N. C., 319. And it has been repeatedly held that the position may be recognized in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hicks v. . Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Mercer v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Mincey v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Kiger v. Liipfert Scales Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1913
- Thompson v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1919
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- Wright v. . ThompsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
- Matthews v. Blackwood Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1933