Day v. Armour Fertilizer Works

Plaintiff claims under the Employers’ Liability Act.

She averred that in the month of July, 1924, her husband was employed by the defendant; that on July 12th or 13th, while on night duty as plant watchman, he accidentally stepped upon a nail left in a plank about the platform which penetrated his foot; that he continued at work until July 14th when he consulted his physician who directed him to stay home; that he thereafter developed tetanus from the wound inflicted in his foot by the nail upon which he had stepped; that he was then taken by his employers, the defendant herein, to the…