Newbury ex rel. Newbury v. Getchel & Martin Lumber & Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polh District Court. — Hon. W. A. Spurrier, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed by defendant in its mill. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, J.
*4441 *443The defendant is a corporation engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds, and other woodwork. In the month of September, 1891, the plaintiff, Harry A. Newbury, a boy seventeen years of age, entered into the employ of the defendant, to work in and about its factory. He was put to work in a room known as the “Sash and Blind Department,” over which one Page was foreman. He was engaged as a sort of a “roustabout,” and one of his duties was to clean up the refuse pieces of wood that accumulated from time to time in the room where he worked, and to saw them into proper lengths for…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Baldwin v. St. Louis, Keokuk & Northern R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Merryman v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Foley v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1884
- Fink v. Des Moines Ice Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1892
- Peterson v. Whitebreast Coal & Mining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1879
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- Pierce v. HeusinkveldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
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