St. Louis Cordage Co. v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. On February 13, 1902, Miss Mary Miller, an employé of the St. Louis Cordage Company, while operating the lever of a forming machine in its factory, permitted her hand to slip from the handle of the lever in the revolving and engaging cogs of the gearing which propelled the machine, and lost one finger and a portion of another.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. On February 13, 1902, Miss Mary Miller, an employé of the St. Louis Cordage Company, while operating the lever of a forming machine in its factory, permitted her hand to slip from the handle of the lever in the revolving and engaging cogs of the gearing which propelled the machine, and lost one finger and a portion of another. She sued the defendant below, the Cordage Company, for negligence in that it had not covered its gearing as required by 2 Rev. St. Mo. 1899, § 6433, and the company answered that…
1DissentThayer, Circuit Judge
I do not concur in the foregoing opinion. The laws of Missouri (Rev. St. 1899, § 6433) required the defendant company to keep the gearing which occasioned the plaintiff’s injury “safely and securely guarded when possible” for the protection of its employés. This statute was enacted in pursuance of a sound public policy; that is to say, to insure, as far as possible, the safety of the many thousand artisans and laborers who are daily employed in mills and factories throughout the state, and while so employed are exposed to unnecessary risks of getting hurt if belting, gearing, drums, etc., in…
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- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. ArchibaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Kane v. Northern Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Ford v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Fitzgerald v. Connecticut River Paper Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1891
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