Kiger v. Liipfert Scales Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from 0. H. Allen, J., at December Term, 1912, of Forsyth. Civil action to recover damages for alleged negligence on part of defendant company, causing permanent physical injury to plaintiff. On the usual issues in such action there was verdict for plaintiff. Judgment on the verdict, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtIIoke, J.
There was evidence to show that on 25 April, 1910, plaintiff, an employee of defendant company, had his hand severely and permanently injured while engaged in operating an Adams duplex lump machine. Without going into a minute description, this is a machine used in the process of manufacturing plug tobacco, by which the tobacco is made into lumps preparatory for its subsequent pressure into the plugs. It weighs about 2,300 pounds, is 4 feet 6 inches high in all, has a base of 22x36 inches, and 33 inches from the floor has a surface like a table 22 x 42 inches. On this surface are two cells or…
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