Shaw v. Kendall

I believe that the rule of ejusdem, generis is not applicable to' the language in section 3095, Eevised Codes, which is under-consideration. The statute is complete in its application to the specified occupations, covering all employment “in, on, or-about” any thereof, without the additional language as to the-business wherein machinery is used. This additional language-can add nothing to the portion of the statute as applied to the-occupations specified. As to such it is wholly superfluous. U believe that by writing in tbe pbrase ‘ ‘ or where any machinery is operated,” the legislature…