Durst v. Bromley Bros. Carpet Co.

Citations

• 208 Pa. 573
• 57 A. 986
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 803

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Dangerous employment — Non-suit.</p> <p>In an action by a wife to recover damages for the death of her husband employed in the defendants carpet mill as scourer, a non-suit is properly entered where the evidence shows that the deceased voluntarily undertook to help to run a line of hot water pipe over a vat of boiling caustic soda, and that the primary cause of the accident was the slipping of the pipe out of the deceased’s hands thus throwing the weight on1 him and knocking him into the vat.</p>