Beauchamp v. Sturges & Burn Manufacturing Co.

This was an action on the case commenced by Arthur Beauchamp, by his next friend, in the superior court of Cook county, against the Sturges & Burn Manufacturing Company, to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the plaintiff while in the employ of the defendant. The case was submitted to a jury upon a declaration consisting of one count, which averred that the plaintiff was under the age of sixteen years at the time of his employment; that he was employed by the defendant as a presshand in its factory, to operate a punch press, which employment was prohibited by section n of an…