O'Connell v. F. Smith & Son

Ladd, C. J. —

1. Master andservant: failure to guard machinery: negligence. Defendant is proprietor of a box factory in Clinton, and on June 29, 1906, plaintiff was operating a circular cross-cut saw therein, cutting rubbish for wood, when the tooth of the saw caught a block, hurling it into his eye, destroying the sight. . . , ühe saw extended through a groove in the . table three or four inches above. Pieces of board were placed and held with the right hand on a carriage which was pressed toward the saw with the body and left hand. The parts not used were thrown in the woodpile, and those of…