Hetzel v. Wasson Piston Ring Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff, an infant thirteen years of age, was employed in the factory of the defendant company, in which the manufacture of piston rings and other metallic articles was carried on. The present action is based upon the common law liability of an employer to compensate an employe for injuries received in his employment by reason of the negligence of the master. The defendant moved to strike out the complaint filed in the case upon the ground that, since the enactment of the statute of April 4th, 1911, commonly known as the…