Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. v. Peoples Wet Wash Laundry Co.

P. L., c. 118, s. 24, provides: “No child under sixteen years of age shall be employed, or permitted or suffered to work, in, about or in connection with, any place or establishment named in section 18, unless the person, firm or corporation employing such child, procures and keeps on file and accessible to any truant officer, or other authorized inspector, an employment certificate as hereinafter prescribed.” One of the places or establishments named in section 18 is a “workshop,” such as young Roger was employed in.

He being under sixteen years of age, and the defendant company employer not…