Turner v. Cocheco Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff. Transferred from the September term, 1908, of the superior court by Wallace, C. J., on tbe defendants’ exceptions to tbe admission of evidence, to the remarks of counsel, and to the denial of a motion for the direction of a verdict in their favor.
1Opinion of the CourtYoung, J.
1. A fire which originated in a belt box on the third floor of the defendants’ mill entirely destroyed the fourth and fifth floors. The plaintiff, who worked on the fifth floor, slipped while attempting' to escape from the mill on a rope, fell to the ground, and received the injuries complained of. The belt box in which the fire originated extended from the casing of the fly-wheel up through, and to a point six feet above, the third floor. The cotton lint which collects in all parts of the mill had not been taken out of this box for a long time before the fire, and so great a quantity had…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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