Peterson v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.

The plaintiff is a native of Sweden, and on the sixth day of June, 1884, the date he was injured, was about £6 years of age, He was employed by the defendant as a car-repairer, and' worked in such employment for it from five to six weeks before he was hurt. He was hired by one Matth ews, who was the boss carpenter of the defendant. Matthews directed him to report to John Carlson, who was foreman of a gang of ear-repairers. He was told that Carlson would show him what to do. He.bad never worked at car-repairing or any other labor about railroads before. He had been in this country less than…