Grant v. Fisher Flouring Mills Co.

This is an action brought by the administratrix of the estate of Thomas Grant, deceased, to recover damages from Fisher Flouring Mills for injuries alleged to have been suffered by Grant while in its employ.

The complaint is based upon § 2, chapter 84, p. 165, Laws of 1905, commonly known as the “factory act.” Section 2 of the act (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 7659 [P. C. § 3518]), is as follows:

“Every factory, mill or workshop where machinery is used and manual labor is exercised by the way of trade for the purposes of gain within an inclosed room (private houses in which the employees live, excepted)…