Equitable Powder Manufacturing Co. v. Green
Appellate Court of Illinois
Trespass on the Case, for personal injuries. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Madison County; the Hon. Benjamin R. Burroughs, Judge presiding. Heard in this court at the February term, 1903.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Worthington
Appellant was operating a factory which made powder cans. Appellee, then eighteen years old, had been working in the factory for several months, in different kinds of work, including tending a cutting machine which, by a stamp or die, punched out heads for the cans from a thin sheet of metal. Twelve heads could be punched from one sheet of metal. Appellee would place the sheet under the stamp and remove the can head when punched out. The punch, when in constant use, required to be sharpened generally each day. When dull it left the edges of the can head rough and ragged. Jesse Amos, the…
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