White v. Owosso Sugar Co.

The plaintiff has appealed from a verdict of “no cause,” directed by the court, upon the conclusion of the testimony in a personal injury case. Briefly stated, the facts proven are, that he applied to the defendant for common labor at its factory, where he had worked before, and was told that he could have a job on the diffusion tanks. His duty in that regard was to open and close the doors of certain tanks, at proper intervals, and aid in the removal of their contents, which consisted of beet pulp. It is unnecessary to describe his duties at length. There was an apparatus in the factory for…