Ertz v. Pierson

The plaintiff, who, at the time of receiving the injuries hereinafter referred to, was a little less than 16 years of age, was employed by defendants in their harness-making establishment. He worked in the harness, department about a week. He then went into the stock room, and worked for a few days, and, on the 23d day of February, 1899, he was sent into the collar department, where he was instructed by the foreman to cut long straw with a hand machine, and lay it in bundles, and, when short straw accumulated, he was directed to run it through an Ohio feed cutter. He had never operated a…