Wilcox v. Hebert

Appellants operated a steam laundry in the city of Ft. Smith, Arkansas, and appellee, a girl between fourteen and fifteen years of age at the time of the occurrence which is the subject-matter of this action, was working for them. She sustained a physical injury while working for them, and sues to recover damages, alleging that their negligence caused the injury. She was engaged at work at an ironing machine, called a mangle, and while feeding a garment into the mangle one of her hands became caught between two rollers and was badly crushed and burned. She alleged in her complaint that she…