Chabot v. W. H. McElwain Co.
| Court | New Hampshire Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | YOUNG, J. |
| Citation | Chabot v. W. H. McElwain Co., 78 N. H. 614, 102 A. 758 (N.H. 1917) |
| Decision Date | 04 December 1917 |
| Parties | CHABOT. v. W. H. McELWAIN CO. |
Transferred from Superior Court, Hillsborough County; Branch, Judge.
Case for personal injuries by Alice Chabot against the W. H. McElwain Company. Judgment of nonsuit, and transferred to Supreme Court on plaintiff's exceptions. Exceptions sustained.
The plaintiff's evidence tended to prove that she scratched her finger on a wire protruding about one-half an inch from the side of the machine she operated. Blood poisoning resulted from this injury. She began work on the machine the day of the accident, and was injured while cleaning the machine in the way she was told to clean it. The wire was partially hidden by the drivewheel of the machine.
Martin & Howe, of Concord, and Henry A. Burque and Wason & Moran, all of Nashua, for plaintiff.
Albert Terrien and Doyle & Lucier, all of Nashua, for defendant
The evidence warrants a finding that the defendants knew, and that the plaintiff neither knew...
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