Legal Opinion

Buehner ex rel. Buehner v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided July 12, 1904PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from Black Hawk District Court.— Hon. A. S. Blair, Judge. Plaintiff, a minor, brings action by his next friend to recover damages for personal injuries received while in the employ of the defendant. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court, on motion, directed a verdict for defendant, and from judgment thereon the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.

Plaintiff, who was then about, fifteen years of age, was employed by defendant in taking away from a tongue and groover machine short boards which had been tongued and grooved by the machine, to be fitted together into heads for butter tubs, and he had been so engaged for about a month. His place- of work was at the end of a table, on which the boards were delivered by the machine, being fed into it by a co-employe, one Hopkins, who stood at the other end of the machine. The rate of speed with which the boards were run through the machine was under the control of Hopkins, and at the time…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Nadau v. White River Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Walrod v. Webster CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  3. Harvey v. City of ClarindaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1900
  4. Homestake Min. Co. v. FullertonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1895
  5. Greenleaf v. Dubuque & Sioux City RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1871

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Burk v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1905
  2. Balzer v. WaringIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Swaim v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1919
  4. Bessler v. LaughlinIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Huggard v. Glucose Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906

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