Henry Wrape Co. Sued by Mrs. Fullerton 1911
03/07/2009
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
I HAVE CREATED THIS RECORD WHILE RESEARCHING THE OLD NEWSPAPERS .
TINA EASLEY
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THE DAILY PRESS - SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 9, 1911
VOL. I
HENRY WRAPE COMPANY SUED FOR $ 20, 000 BY MRS. FULLERTON
THROUGH HER ATTORNEYS , JOHNSON & BURR , MRS. MARY E. FULLERTON , WIDOW OF THE LATE ANDY FULLERTON WHO DIED ON AUGUST 21ST AS THE RESULT OF WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILE OPERATING A RIP SAW IN THE HENRY STAVE MILL ON AUGUST THE 20TH , HAS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY FOR $20,000 DAMAGES.
THE COMPLAINT AVERS THAT THE DECEASED WAS A REGULARLY EMPLOYED BY THE HENRY WRAPE COMPANY THAT HE OPERATED A RIP SAW , CUTTING LARGE WHITE OAK STAVE BOLTS , THAT THE SAW WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY GUARD HOOD OR SPREADER , THAT THE COMPANY WAS AWARE OF THIS FACT WHEN IT ORDERED FULLERTON TO OPERATE IT AND THAT AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE MACHINERY A STAVE BOLT WAS THROWN FROM THE BOARD WITH GREAT FORCE , STRIKING FULLERTON IN THE ABDOMEN AND INFLICTING INJURIES FROM WHICH HE DIED.
IT IS SET OUT IN THE COMPLAINT THAT THE DECEDENT WAS STRONG AND ROBUST AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH , THAT HE WAS RECEIVING $2.00 A DAY FOR HIS LABOR AND WAS THE SOLE SUPPORT OF HIS WIFE AND SEVEN CHILDREN . FOR THE LOSS MRS. FULLERTON AS ADMINISTRATIX ASK $12,OOO . FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ESTATE THE SUM OF $8,000 IS ASKED.
THE PAPERS WERE FILED YESTERDAY WITH CIRCUT CLERK CATHEY FOR THE UPCOMING OCTOBER TERM.