Gibbs v. Tifton Cotton Mills

"VVade, J.

Ellen Gibbs, a minor, by her next friend, brought suit in the city court of Tifton to the October term, 1913, against *214the Tifton Cotton Mills, alleging, that in the year 1904, when she was a small child, nine years old, she was working for the Tifton Cotton Mills at a spinning machine, and while so employed it was necessary for her to keep certain parts of the said machine, known as “ travelers,” properly oiled, and it was customary for her and the other employees operating such spinning machines to procure oil from the draft gear head, which was an iron frame covering the cogs on…