American Car & Foundry Co. v. Fess
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Floyd Circuit Court; Joseph E. Shea, Special Judge. Action by Tbomas L. Fees against the American Car and Foundry Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
— Appellee in this case recovered a judgment in the trial court for damages on account of personal injuries. The facts disclosed by the evidence show that appellee was employed by appellant to work in its car shops, and that at the time of his injury he was engaged with two fellow workmen in fastening rivets in the steel frame of a car which was in process of construction. It was the work of appellee to hold an iron bar known as a “dolly” against the heated rivet while it was hammered into place by another member of the gang called a “riveter,” who used for that purpose *138an air gun or hand…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- American Car & Foundry Co. v. NachandIndiana Court of Appeals · 1911
3Cited by2 opinions
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- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. v. NunnemakerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913