Owens v. Ernst
City of New York Municipal Court
Appeal from trial term. Action by Laura E. Owens, an infant, against John H. Ernst and "Henry D. Reissenbuttels for personal injuries. There was a verdict in plaintiff’s favor, and defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtVan Wyck, J.
In the defendants’, laundry was a mangle or ironing machine, run by steam. The mangle consists of a system of small rollers covered with muslin, coming in contact with a large, iron, heated cylinder. The clothes are fed in front of the machine, passing between these small rollers and cylinder, which dries and irons the clothes. The plaintiff, a girl of 15 years, was employed by defendants, and was engaged for the two weeks preceding the date of the accident in receiving the clothes as they passed out of the machine, ironed. On the day of the accident she was told by the foreman in charge of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ryan v. H. W. Johns Manuf'g Co.New York City Court · 1892
- Healey v. Hart Bagging Co.New York City Court · 1891
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