Eligh v. Goldie
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Case by Edgar Eligh against William Goldie for personal injuries. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
Plaintiff is about 50 years of age, and had worked in and about a hoop mill for several years, when he entered the employment of the defendant on or about April 1, 1902. He had done some work toward putting a machine in order which was to be used for the purpose of sawing from slabs bolts which were afterwards sawed into hoops. These slabs were pushed over a table through *597which came the circular saw which sawed the slabs into bolts. He commenced using this machine April 1st. On the 24th of April a bolt or a piece of the slab was caught upon the saw and thrown forward with great force,…
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