Horne v. . Power Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Melvin Horne against Consolidated Railway, Light and Power Co., beard by Judge IF. B. Allen and a jury, at the October Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of New Hanover. This was an action prosecuted by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while in the employment of the defendant company.
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ActioN by Melvin Horne against Consolidated Railway, Light and Power Co., beard by Judge IF. B. Allen and a jury, at the October Term, 1905, of the Superior Court of New Hanover. This was an action prosecuted by the plaintiff to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while in the employment of the defendant company. The facts material to the question upon which the appeal is disposed of are: Plaintiff, twenty-three years of age, had been in the defendant’s, employment, as motorman and conductor, on its surface railway ears one year. Some five or six months prior to the day of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Connor, J.,
after stating the case: It is the duty of the employer to furnish to his employee reasonably safe appliances with which, and a reasonably safe place in which, to discharge his duties and to maintain and keep them in such condition, and there is a correlative duty of the employee to exercise reasonable care in using the appliances and means furnished him. These- are the cardinal principles upon which the duties and liabilities of employer and employee are based. They include, of course, the duty of the employer to properly inform the employee of unusual or extraordinary danger and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hicks v. . Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Pressly v. Yarn Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Whitson v. Wrenn.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Chesson v. John L. Roper Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1896
- Bottoms v. RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Horne v. Consolidated Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Nail v. . BrownSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1909
- State v. . HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1934
- Penny v. . R. R.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1910
- Patterson v. North Carolina Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
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