Molyneaux v. Bradley, Miller & Co.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant for a permanent in j ury to his hand received while in defendant’s employment while working at a molding machine in defendant’s mill. The contention on his part was that he was employed as a common laborer to shovel coal» and handle lumber at the rate of #1.50 per day; that on the morning of the day in question, while shoveling coal, he was ordered by the acting foreman, who was in charge, to leave his work and go to work on this molding mnchine for a short time, for the reason that the regular man who operated it was away; that plaintiff told…