Welsh v. Butz
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 1384, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of John Welsh and Mary Welsh by her father and next friend, John Welsh, v. Alfred L. JButz. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McCarthy, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court.
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Appeal, No. 58, Jan. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1897, No. 1384, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of John Welsh and Mary Welsh by her father and next friend, John Welsh, v. Alfred L. JButz. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before McCarthy, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, Mary Welsh, for $3,000; verdict for John Welsh for $1,200, upon which judgment was entered for $600, all above that amount having been remitted. Error assigned was in submitting the case to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
This is an action of trespass to recover damages for personal injuries which Mary Welsh, the minor daughter of John Welsh, sustained by reason of the alleged negligence of Alfred L. Butz, the defendant.
In June, 1897, Mary Welsh, then about thirteen years and seven months old, was employed by the defendant in his cork factory in the city of Philadelphia. She was engaged in operating a cork cutting machine which shaves rough cork into the form of bottle cork. This machine, as it appears, consists of a circular knife attached to a perpendicular axis. Around the…
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- Royer v. TinklerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
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