Rugart v. Keebler-Weyl Baking Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Frederick Rugart, plaintiff, four days short of being sixteen years of age, son of Charles Rugart, was badly injured at defendant’s bakery. He was employed by the Eastern Elevator Company, contractor to install electric connections for defendant’s soldering irons. The boy was sent by the contracting company to assist in doing the work, and, at the time of the accident, was aiding in running wires from the irons to a switchboard in the cellar. Defendant did not control or supervise the work; it merely indicated the points where the irons were to be placed. The…