Warfield v. Morgan

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for an injury to his hand which occurred in the operation of' a ripsaw in the defendant’s manufacturing establishment. The petition stated a cause of action under the factory act, and also alleged that the plaintiff' after-having been directed to work at the saw complained to the foreman that it was dull and needed sharpening, in response to which the foreman directed him to go ahead and that he, the foreman, would sharpen the-*525saw; that relying upon such promise and in compliance with such direction plaintiff…