Haller v. Quaker Oats Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — W. N. Treichler, Judge. The plaintiff alleges that, when she was 12 years and 6 months of age, she was injured while in the employ of the defendant, working about dangerous machinery belonging to it. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendant, and the plaintiff appeals.,
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
1. Master and servant: scope of employment : voluntary departure : custom : effect. I. The plaintiff was employed by the defendant when she was something like 12 years and 6 months old. A description of her surroundings when hurt is this: There was a gluing machine, with belts, levers, pulleys, forms, etc.; a spout conducting pasteboard shells away from the this gluing machine; the table at which plaintiff worked at placing coupons into boxes which came to her table from this spout and passed on before her by means of “a slowly moving belt.” The cardboard from which the boxes are made starts…
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