Creech v. Cotton Mills.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Action by M. L. Creech against the Wilmington Cotton Mills, heard by Judge George II. Brown and a jury, at October Term, 1903, of the Superior Court of New Hanover County. From a judgment for the plaintiff the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDouglas, J.
’ This is an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff through the alleged negligence of the defendant in failing to box certain cog-wheels. The plaintiff was operating four looms, the filling for Avhich was ordinarily jorovided by a boy whose duty it was to bring it to the looms. When the looms got out of filling and the boy failed to bring it around in time, the girl tending the loom sometimes went after it.. She was not required to do so by the rules, but it was frequently done and permitted to be done. Oin the occasion of the accident the plaintiff went to. get the necessary…
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