Keen v. Crosby
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Way cross — Judge Crawley. March 15, 1919. Ellis Crosby, a minor, by next friend, brought suit against D. L. Keen, to recover damages for the loss of his eye, caused by the explosion of 'a soda-water bottle while he was working in the manufacturing establishment of the defendant.
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Action for damages; from city court of Way cross — Judge Crawley. March 15, 1919. Ellis Crosby, a minor, by next friend, brought suit against D. L. Keen, to recover damages for the loss of his eye, caused by the explosion of 'a soda-water bottle while he was working in the manufacturing establishment of the defendant. At the trial there was evidence that the soda-water manufactured by the defendant was put up in bottles highly charged with carbonic-acid gas and packed in boxes; that the plaintiff, a child between ten and eleven years of age, was occupied in the work of inspecting bottles when…
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. The child-labor law of this State provides that “No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed by, or permitted to work in or about, any mill, factory, laundry, manufacturing establishment, or place of amusement; except that children over twelve years of age who have widowed mothers dependent upon them for support, or orphan children over twelve years of age dependent upon their own labor for support, may work in factories and manufactories; and other exceptions. Civil Code (1910), § 3149.
2. In a suit in behalf of a child against a proprietor of a manufacturing establishment…
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