Derouso v. International Harvester Co. of America
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Barron county: Ebank A. Ross, Circuit Judge. Action for personal injury. On November 3, 1911, the plaintiff, while in the employ of one Secor assisting in shredding corn, received an injury to his hand on the husking rollers of a steam corn shredder which Secor had purchased from defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Barron county: Ebank A. Ross, Circuit Judge. Action for personal injury. On November 3, 1911, the plaintiff, while in the employ of one Secor assisting in shredding corn, received an injury to his hand on the husking rollers of a steam corn shredder which Secor had purchased from defendant. This action is brought under the provisions of sec. 1636 — 131, Stats. 1911, which provides: “Any person, firm, or corporation who shall sell, offer of expose for sale, or use any machine to be operated by steam, or other power, for the purpose of husking or…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed Eebruary 24, 1914:
ViNJK, J.
The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that, since it was admitted that the shredder was equipped with a safety feeding table or device in front of the snapping rollers which complied with the statutory requirements relative thereto, no liability could attach to defendant on account of any failure to equip the machine with safety feeding devices in front of the husking rollers. In this it erred. The statute makes it as much the duty of the seller to provide a corn shredder with automatic feeding devices in…
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