Hathaway v. Washington Milling Co.

The defendant, for several years prior to September 5, 1898, operated a flouring mill in the *709city of Adrian. In the fall of 1892, plaintiff began to. work for defendant, being employed in the packing department of the mill, the operation of which department was in a building 12 or 14 feet from the mill proper, connected with it by a covered passageway. There was machinery in the packing department, which during the six years of his employment the plaintiff had been acquainted with, had oiled, kept in order, and generally superintended. At various times and frequently he had been called into…