Steeley v. Dare Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Brag aw, J., at November Term, 1913, of PasquotaNK. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff and caused by negligence of defendant. Plaintiff was employed in operating a machine for making shingles.
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Appeal by defendant from Brag aw, J., at November Term, 1913, of PasquotaNK. This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff and caused by negligence of defendant. Plaintiff was employed in operating a machine for making shingles. It was made up of a bench or frame, about waist high, upon which was set horizontally upon a plane a saw about 3 feet in diameter, and it was provided with a carriage upon which the blocks were fed to the revolving saw. There was a lever and a clutch to start and stop the machine. Plaintiff testified: “I was…
1Opinion of the Court
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff and caused by negligence of defendant. Plaintiff was employed in operating a machine for making shingles. It was made up of a bench or frame, about waist high, upon which was set horizontally upon a plane a saw about 3 feet in diameter, and it was provided with a carriage upon which the blocks were fed to the revolving saw. There was a lever and a clutch to start and stop the machine.
Plaintiff testified: "I was put to work at a shingle machine; there were two in the mill; saw was about 3…
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