Ohio Automatic Sprinkler Co. v. Fender

At,pen, J.

This ease arises under subdivision 7 of Section 1027 of the General Code of Ohio, which reads, in part, as follows:

“Sec. 1027. The owners and operators of shops and factories shall make suitable provisions to prevent injury to persons who use or come in contact with machinery therein or any part thereof. * * *

“7. They shall guard all saws, wood-cutting, wood-shaping and all other dangerous machinery.” For convenience we shall call the defendant in error, Hannah Fender, the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error, the Ohio Automatic Sprinkler Company, the defendant, throughout this…