Brown v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The plaintiff, a boy between fourteen and fifteen years of age, sues to recover for the loss of his arm, which occurred while he was operating a machine belonging to the defendant, his employer.

The machine in question was a printing press, containing a heavy bed upon which the type form was placed, and which moved up and down against a platen over which the paper passed to receive its impression. After receiving the impression the paper moved, on through a box containing bronze powder, which, adhering to the pattern-upon the paper, made the…