Armstrong v. Forg
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort, for personal injuries occasioned to the plaintiff while in the defendant’s employ. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Sherman, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The plaintiff’s finger was hurt in using a steam-power punching-machine. The question before us is whether there was any evidence to warrant the submission of the case to the jury. At the time of the accident the plaintiff was between fourteen and fifteen years of age. He was set at work on the machine in the afternoon and was hurt in the morning of the next day. The power was applied to the machine by placing the foot on a treadle, which would cause the press to come down with great force upon a piece of steel which was placed on a die, and which would be punched and bent into the desired…
2Cited by1 opinion
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