Pushcart v. New York Shipbuilding Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trenchard, J.

The declaration demurred to avers in effect that the plaintiff was employed by the defendant at its plant ás a common laborer; that the defendant placed upon its floor a bar of iron and directed the plaintiff to stand on one side thereof and hold against it a tool for the purpose of resisting blows struck by another person on the opposite side of the bar of iron; that the defendant gave another of its employes a hammer with which to strike the iron; that it became the duty of the defendant to furnish the employe, whose duty it was to…