Willis v. Besser-Churchill Co.

The plaintiff, while operating a circular saw for defendant, severely injured his hand. For this injury he brought suit and recovered judgment. The case is brought here by writ of error. Many questions are xaised by counsel, but we think one of them is decisive.

The plaintiff was a man of at least ordinary intelligence, 37 years old. According to his testimony, he had lived in the lumber region about 15 years, and had worked around or about sawmills 8 or 9 years. He worked 30 or 35 days in defendant’s mill, taking bolts from the drag saw to the cut-off table. He quit work for a time, when he…