Legal Opinion
Whit Mason v. The American Emery Wheel Works
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 1957No. 5168_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.
Whit Mason, a citizen of Mississippi, filed his complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island against The American Emery Wheel Works, a Rhode Island corporation. The case was one in tort for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff in Mississippi as a result of negligent misfeasance by the defendant in putting out in commerce without adequate care and inspection, a dangerously defective emery wheel. According to the allegations of the complaint, at some time prior to the date of the accident defendant negligently…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Trowbridge v. Abrasive Co. Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Jeffrey Kassel v. Gannett Co., Inc., D/B/A "Usa Today,"Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- Robert D. Putman v. Erie City Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Boston, Massachusetts on July 31, 1973District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1975
- Gerald R. Carlton, Etc. v. Worcester Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Plummer v. Abbott LaboratoriesDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1983
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