Montanye v. Northern Electrical Manfacturing Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff entered defendant’s employ on May 2, 1904, and while operating a punch press in defendant’s shops was injured on June 9th following. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of electrical appliances.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Dane county: E. Rat SteveNS, Circuit Judge. Tbe plaintiff entered defendant’s employ on May 2, 1904, and while operating a punch press in defendant’s shops was injured on June 9th following. The defendant is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of electrical appliances. The machine which plaintiff operated at the time of the accident is known as the Bliss Press No. 20. It was installed in defendant’s shops in February, 1902. In so far as the record discloses it was of standard and approved design and construction and such as is in common use…
1Opinion of the Court
Tbe following opinion was filed December 12, 1906:
SiebecKeb, J.
It is urged that there was no evidence showing negligence in tbe particulars alleged. Defendant claims that the accident is alleged to have occurred through tbe abnormal dropping of tbe punch, with tbe application of pressure to tbe treadle after tbe punch bad returned to its stationary position, that it then dropped unexpectedly, and thereby caused tbe injury. Plaintiff’s counsel contest tbis *30claim in tbeir oral argument tbougb tlieir brief seems to go upon tbis theory. The question must be settled by the facts actually disclosed…
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