Supreme Court of New Hampshire, 1909

Warburton v. N. B. Thayer Co.

Warburton v. N. B. Thayer Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Decided April 6, 1909
72 A. 825; 75 N.H. 592; 1909 N.H. LEXIS 84

Warburton v. N. B. Thayer Co.

Opinion of the Court

The defendants manufactured shoes at East Rochester. The plaintiff was employed by them as a stitcher and was injured in consequence of her dress being caught upon a shaft revolving under the bench at which she worked. One ground of negligence was the absence of a skirt-guard or board. Subject to exception, the plaintiff was permitted to offer evidence that skirt-boards were generally provided in the factory. The order was,

Exception overruled.

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