Horn v. La Crosse Box Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: J. J. Eeuit, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for a personal injury. Plaintiff, a hoy of fifteen years of age, in the employ of the defendants, engaged in cleaning out a hopper that was choked with sawdust and chips, located under the revolving knives of a planer, lost one of his hands by its coming in contact with such knives.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse county: J. J. Eeuit, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for a personal injury. Plaintiff, a hoy of fifteen years of age, in the employ of the defendants, engaged in cleaning out a hopper that was choked with sawdust and chips, located under the revolving knives of a planer, lost one of his hands by its coming in contact with such knives. There was evidence tending to show the following: Plaintiff was substantially man-grown, weighing 150 pounds, and quite intelligent for one of his years, but he had very little experience with machinery,…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Tbe foregoing brief statement of tbe case, especially in connection with tbe statement on tbe former appeal (123 Wis. 399, 101 N. W. 935), sufficiently, it is thought, for the purposes of tbe questions to be decided, shows tbe situation to which tbe governing legal principles apply.' As indicated, it is conceded by appellant that the evidence bearing on tbe subject of contributory negligence of tbe plaint*388iff is as favorable .to tbe respondents now as on tbe former occasion, while counsel for tbe latter claim tbat it is more favorable. It is sufficient to preclude legitimate rediscussion of…
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