Northern Central Coal Co. v. Hughes
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, Judge. Action by John Calvin Hughes against the Northern Central Coal Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff below, defendant in error here, recovered a judgment upon a complaint that the defendant below, the Northern Central Coal Company, a corporation'and his employer, was negligent, in that it maintained a set screw on a collar of a shaft near a bearing which it was his duty to oil; without any guard about the set screw to protect its employés from injuries therefrom; that this negligence caused his injury by the catching of his clothing by the set screw while the shaft was rapidly revolving and while he was oiling its bearing. One of the defenses pleaded by…
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