Raynes v. Nitro Pencil Co.

Kenna, Judge:

This action in trespass on the case was brought in the Circuit Court of Putnam County by Brooks Raynes, an infant under the age of twenty-one years who sued by Frances V. Raynes, his legal guardian, against Nitro Pencil Company, a corporation, seeking the recovery of $25,000.00 damages for the loss of three of the plaintiff’s fingers in the course of his employment by the defendant at its Nitro factory while operating a defective rotating roller. Demurrers were sustained to both an original and an amended declaration, the latter being spoken of hereafter as the declaration, and…