Record v. Cooperage Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries by an employe of the defendant company against the company. There was a trial in the Court below before a jury and a verdict for the defendant, and plaintiff has appealed and assigned errors. Plaintiff was, when injured, operating what is called a heading machine. This machine is kept from reversing by an attachment known as dogs, being a piece of iron so shaped as to work in the cogs. It is claimed that the injury was caused by the worn and defective condition of these dogs; that they had been in use a long time and became badly worn and…