Koch v. Wisconsin Pea Canners Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Brown county: S. D. HastiNgs, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed about a gasoline engine used by defendant in its business, by being caught on a setscrew which was attached to a revolving shaft, said shaft and set-screw being attached to and part of said engine. The injury occurred July 4, 1908, at the village of Mishicott, Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Brown county: S. D. HastiNgs, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed about a gasoline engine used by defendant in its business, by being caught on a setscrew which was attached to a revolving shaft, said shaft and set-screw being attached to and part of said engine. The injury occurred July 4, 1908, at the village of Mishicott, Wisconsin. Damages in the sum of $20,000 ‘are claimed in the complaint. The defendant admits that it was the owner and operator of the engine, that…
1Opinion of the CourtKeewiN, J.
The plaintiff was in charge of tbe canning plant when injured, subject to the direction of the manager •of the company, who made visits and gave directions weekly.
The machinery was operated by a sixty horse-power gasoline engine. There were six machines in the factory, operated by this engine and used for hulling and vining peas. The plaintiff had charge of the engine and plant and general control in the absence of the manager. The engine room was between twenty-four and thirty feet long and from twelve to fourteen feet wide, extending east and west. The engine stood lengthwise of the room…
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