Norton v. Volzke

The appellee, a boy who had been at work for the appellants about six months, had a portion of the fingers of his right hand cut off in some cog wheels, while he yet lacked nearly five months of being eleven years old. There is testimony, contradicted, that when he applied for employment he said his age was thirteen years. In doing his work the evidence seems to be pretty clear that he sat on a box, with bis back toward, and about one foot from, the cog wheels; but whether he ought to have been in that position, or stood upon the other side of the machine, is the subject of conflicting…