Petersen v. California Cotton Mills Co.
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order denying a new trial. .William H. Waste, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.
While in the employ of defendant, plaintiff was injured as a result of being caught by certain revolving machinery. His action for damages resulted in a verdict by a jury in his favor for the sum of four thousand dollars. The appeal by defendant is from the judgment and an order denying its motion for a new trial.
It is alleged in the complaint that plaintiff was ordered and directed by one Peter MacDougald, the foreman in the machine-shop, to apply some compound on a belt which was revolving at a high rate of speed between pulleys attached to a beam at a height of about sixteen feet from the…
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