Vincennes Bridge Co. v. Guinn's Guardian

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson—

Reversing.

Cleveland Guinn, by bis guardian, brought this action to recover against the Vincennes Bridge Company for a personal injury. On the trial of the case there was a verdict and judgment in his favor for $3,000. The defendant appeals.

The plaintiff’s own statement of his case is this: In September, 1927, the bridge company was erecting a bridge at Hazard. He went to the foreman and asked for a job, telling the foreman that he was over 16 years of age, because he knew that if he did not tell him this he could not get a job. The foreman employed…