Noden v. Verlenden Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 254, Jan. T., 1904, by plaintiffs, from order of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., March T., 1902, No. 4212, refusing to take off nonsuit in ease of Albert No-den and Howard E. Noden, by Albert Noden his next friend v. Yerlenden Brothers, Incorporated. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McMichael, J. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Mestbezat,'
The plaintiff, a boy of sixteen, was injured while in the employ of the defendants operating a garnett machine, which is used for tearing up the waste accumulated in making cotton and woolen goods. His duties required him to feed the. machine by placing the waste upon the apron and to remove it after it had passed through the machine and fallen to the *137floor. A rope belt ran from the speed wheel, near the bottom of the machine, to the small; cone wheels on the hub of the large cylinder about the middle of the machine. There were three wheels of different…
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