Henke v. Deere & Mansur Co.

On July 31, 1909, appellee, then 16 years of age, was working as a machinist’s helper at an iron shearing machine in the shops of appellant. In passing an oil can with his left hand to the machinist, he slipped upon some iron scraps that had accumulated about the machine, and in endeavoring to save himself from falling, thrust his right hand into the gears of the machine and received injuries necessitating the amputation of the first and second fingers and the first joint of the third finger. He sued appellant to recover for such injuries. The declaration described the machine and alleged…