Pagels v. Meyer

While appellee was working as a sawyer in appellant’s planing mill and factory the fingers of his right hand were cut off at the knuckles by a circular saw with which he was ripping a corner off a stick of timber placed in a mitre-box, next to the saw, for that purpose, so as to saw it at the proper angle. He brought this suit against appellant to recover damages for his injury and obtained a judgment for §5000, which has been affirmed by the Appellate Court.

The cause of action is set out in a declaration of, eleven counts, covering thirty-three printed pages of the abstract. The counts are…