Vohs v. A. E. Shorthill & Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court.— How. Obed Caswell, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injury. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.—
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant corporation owns and operates a foundry and machine shop in the city of Marshall-town, Iowa, and at the time of the accident in controversy the plaintiff was an employe in its service in and about said business. The plaintiff entered said employment on October 5, 1902. For a period of about four days he was kept at work in one of the buildings cutting rivets from old bridge beams and moving irons from place to place. On the fifth day of his service he was directed by the foreman to go into another shop and “ help the blacksmith hold a rail.” The blacksmith was engaged in cutting…
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- State v. WorthenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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