Sheetram v. Trexler Stave & Lumber Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Trespass under the act of 1897 for personal injuries sustained by Charles Sheetram while in the employ of defendant. Charles Sheetram is a minor, about sixteen or seventeen years Did. The other plaintiff, Matilda Sheetram, is his mother. The facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal, No. 135, Oct. T., 1899, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Huntingdon Co., Dec. T., 1898, No. 10, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by Rice, P. J. Trespass under the act of 1897 for personal injuries sustained by Charles Sheetram while in the employ of defendant. Charles Sheetram is a minor, about sixteen or seventeen years Did. The other plaintiff, Matilda Sheetram, is his mother. The facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the court. Defendant’s points and the answers thereto among others were :as follows: [2. An infant at the age of sixteen years is presumed to have…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The defendants are engaged in the manufacture of staves. Charles Sheetram, a boy between sixteen and seventeen years of age, went to their mill to secure employment. He met there William Trexler (not a member of the partnership), and asked for work. Mr. Trexler engaged him, and when Charles stated to Mm that he had never worked at a mill and would have to learn, Trexler told him that he could help at the cut-off, fill the bucks and wheel out sawdust and slabs. This, it seems, was work that required no special skill and involved no special risk. At seven o’clock in the…
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