Benner v. Evans Laundry Co.

Elsie Benner, born February 20, 1911, sued the Evans Laundry Company for damages for an injury to her hand suffered in a mangle on September 3, 1926, while employed by the defendant in its laundry. From a verdict and judgment of $8,000 in her favor the defendant appealed.

The plaintiff was between 15 and 16 years old when she received the injury. The defendant had not procured the employment certificate required when a minor over 14 and under 16 years of age is employed in a laundry. Comp. St. 1922, sec. 7670. In the instructions to the jury the court limited the functions of the jury to the…