Gaudet v. Stansfield

At the time of the accident, the defendants were the proprietors of a steam laundry. The plaintiff was over nineteen years of age, had been in the employ of the defendants about ten weeks, and had worked on a mangle about three weeks. This machine was about four feet high, and consisted of a steam chest which rested on the floor, and was about seven or eight feet long and about two feet high. Upon the steam chest was a roll of the same length and about two and a quarter feet in diameter. This roll was covered with felt, canvas and linen, and revolved three or four times a minute. By moving a…