Nelling v. Industrial Manufacturing Co.

Hall, Justice.

This was an action by a mechanic against his employer for persona] injuries, sustained in removing and placing in proper position a machine on which he had been working out of doors, and upon which he was about to work again when it had been removed into the house and was properly adjusted so as to be used. It fell when he was endeavoring to place staves under its legs so that the treadle by which it was run might have room to operate, and parts of two of his fingers were cut off by the blade attached, as he alleged and proved, in consequence of the springs which kept it in…