Ratkowski v. R. J. Kittredge & Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Taylor

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $1,000, in a personal injury case in the Circuit Court, in favor of the appellee. The declaration, which consisted of one count, charged that the defendant (appellant) conducted a certain machine shop, in which it used a certain power-driven machine, known as a press machine; that “it then and there became and was the duty of the defendant to use reasonable care and diligence to have and keep said machine in good repair so as not to be dangerous to employees working thereon”; that in violation…