Hess v. Escanaba Woodenware Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Delta; Stone, J. Case by Frank Hess, by next friend, against the Escanaba Wooden ware Company for personal injuries. There was judgment for defendant on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for injuries sustained by him while engaged in feeding and operating a slitting machine in defendant’s factory. The trial judge directed a verdict in fayor of defendant. The case is brought here by writ of error.
The plaintiff was a little past 17 years of age when he commenced work It is claimed he had no experience in working in or about machinery of any kind, excepting three weeks that he had worked for defendant taking *567squares from the slitting machine and placing them on the drumsaw. It is said that, while plaintiff worked at the…
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