Gillespie v. Collier
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United Slates for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Erank A. Youmans, Judge. Action by Steven Collier, a minor, by his next friend, Louis Collier, against E. N. Gillespie. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
Steven Collier, a minor, suing by bis next friend, recovered a judgment for personal injuries sustained in the service of E. N. Gillespie, who with others was engaged in the oil and natural gas business. The plaintiff had been a roustabout on the work, and was put in charge of a drilling machine, with boiler and engine. The negligence charged was that the engine was old and defective, in that the parts of the throttle were so worn that steam leaked into the *300cylinder, though the only mechanical means had been used for shutting it off, and that he had not been instructed and…
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