Mundhenke v. Oregon City Mfg. Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Clackamas: Thomas A. McBride, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice WolvertoN. This is an action by Walter F. Mundhenke, acting through his guardian, against the Oregon City Manufacturing Co. for the recovery of damages for a personal injury. sustained by the plaintiff, a minor. He was at the time of the accident about the age of 16 years and 8 months. The injury of which he complains consists in the loss of parts of two fingers on the left hand.
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From Clackamas: Thomas A. McBride, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice WolvertoN. This is an action by Walter F. Mundhenke, acting through his guardian, against the Oregon City Manufacturing Co. for the recovery of damages for a personal injury. sustained by the plaintiff, a minor. He was at the time of the accident about the age of 16 years and 8 months. The injury of which he complains consists in the loss of parts of two fingers on the left hand. The defendant was engaged in operating a woolen mill, and the plaintiff was in its employ, charged with the duty of carrying yarn which was in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice WolvertoN
It is first necessary to understand the nature of the machinery and the attending conditions before alluding to the facts touching the manner in which the accident occurred. At the end or side of the looms, facing on an aisle or passageway, is a set of gearing, consisting of two cogwheels working into each other, the lower being much the larger. The point of contact of the gearing is from two feet to two feet six inches above the floor. Immediately at the end of the looms boxes were placed for receiving the yarn or filling. These stood against the lower cogwheel of the gearing, and when being…
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- Plumley v. BirgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
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