William B. Tilghman Co. v. Conway

The appeal in this case is from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Wicomico County in favor of the appellee (plaintiff below) upon a verdict of a jury in that court. The plaintiff, Harry L. Conway, was an employee of the appellant (defendant below), William B. Tilghman Company, Incorporated, a corporation engaged in the manufacture of fer tilizer. The plaintiff was employed about July 1st, 1923, at which time he was under fourteen years of age. On August 15th, 1923, being then slightly above the age of fourteen, he was injured in the course of his employment by being struck by a piece of…