Dyer v. Union Iron Works

This action was brought by the respondent, a minor, through his father as his guardian ad litem, to recover for personal injuries suffered by him while he was in the employ of the appellant. The respondent was employed as a blacksmith’s helper, and received his orders from the blacksmith under whom he was working, both as1 to the character of work he should do and as to the manner in which he should perform it. At the time he was injured, the respondent was working under a blacksmith by the name of Allison; they were engaged, with the assistance of another helper, in shaping axles for a disc…