McCann v. Mathison

Clement, Oh. J.

This case comes before us on an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit, and, therefore, there is no dispute as to the facts. The plaintiff, who was then fourteen years of age, on August 2, 1893, at seven o’clock in the morning, sought work at the cooperage factory of defendants in this *215city. The foreman put him at work on a buzz saw. He was shown how to saw staves, which were twelve or fourteen inches long, in two pieces crosswise. Plaintiff, after working three or four hours, involuntarily allowed his left hand to come in contact with the saw, and, as a result, the thumb and two…