Mitchell v. Barton & Co.

— Barton & Company,’ a corporation, defendant and appellant, was engaged in business in Seattle as a meat packer. While the plaintiff, respondent, employed by the Federal government, was engaged as a sanitary inspector in the duty of inspecting one of the rooms of appellant’s plant, his hand was *233severely maimed and injured by the blades of an electric fan, operated and used in the plant for ventilating purposes. He brought this suit to recover damages in the sum of $5,000, alleging negligence on the part of the defendant in maintaining and operating the fan in an unguarded condition, against…