Swick v. Ætna Portland Cement Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Genesee; Wisner, J. Case by Andrew D. Swick against the ¿Etna Portland Cement Company for personal injuries. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The defendant appealed from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The error alleged is the refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant.
*456The plaintiff was a workman in defendant’s cement factory. Beneath the floor were vats, the contents of which required agitation. This was effected by the introduction of compressed air conducted to the several vats through iron pipes laid upon the floor, cocks in the pipes being used to cut off the air. On the occasion of the accident the plaintiff was directed to get a wrench and open the cock in the pipe leading to one of the vats. He attempted this,…
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