Stefanowski v. Chain Belt Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OREEN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, when thirteen and one-half years of age, was employed in the factory of the defendant, which was engaged in making chain belts composed of U-shaped links joining the jaws of one to the base of another by a transverse bolt running through holes in the jaws of the one link and the straight base of the other. These links were about two inches long and two inches wide.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: OREEN T. Williams, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, when thirteen and one-half years of age, was employed in the factory of the defendant, which was engaged in making chain belts composed of U-shaped links joining the jaws of one to the base of another by a transverse bolt running through holes in the jaws of the one link and the straight base of the other. These links were about two inches long and two inches wide. They were roughly cast, with a transverse hole through each of the jaws and through the straight base, and plaintiff was…
1Opinion of the CourtDodge, J.
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