Atchison v. May

This is a suit in tort brought by the sister and brother of Henry Knight, wherein they allege that their said brother, while performing his duties as an employee in defendant's sawmill, was severely injured and died as a result of being burned and scalded by steam and hot water emanating from a defective stationary engine of defendant when the piston blew through the cylinder head thereof; that the accident was caused solely by the negligence of defendant in permitting an old and worn out engine to be operated in his sawmill, and in his failure to provide a safe place in which to work. The…