Fellows v. Stevens

Plaintiff sued defendants to recover for injuries which he received while in their employ, and which resulted in a loss of his left arm. He recovered a judgment in the trial court, and the case is now here on review at the instance of the defendants.

In 1908 the defendants were engaged in the business of selling and installing automatic sprinkler systems, and it was in August of that year, while they were installing one for Philip Fritz, in his manufacturing plant in the city of Grand Rapids, that plaintiff was injured. The working force consisted of five men, Harry Barnard, the foreman, and…