Lawrence v. Heidbreder Ice Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (.1) The evidence of plaintiff and. all his witnesses, as well as that of the defendant’s witnesses, showed conclusively that the broken rivet was not the proximate cause of the injury to the plaintiff’s finger.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (.1) The evidence of plaintiff and. all his witnesses, as well as that of the defendant’s witnesses, showed conclusively that the broken rivet was not the proximate cause of the injury to the plaintiff’s finger. There was no evidence tending to show any negligence in not providing any appliance to keep the can from slipping, hence that was properly excluded from the jury, the sole allegation of negligence, therefore, upon which the plaintiff relied being that the defendant was negligent in maintaining the machine with…
1Opinion of the Court
Statement.
Defendant appealed from a judgment in an action to recover for an injury sustained by plaintiff while employed by defendant, an incorporated company engaged in the manufacture of artificial ice. The negligence charged is putting plaintiff to work on a machine which was broken and not reasonably safe. The ice was manufactured in blocks of about two hundred pounds weight frozen in square cans. The cans with the blocks of ice within were lifted with an overhead crane from the tank where the ice was frozen, swung over a bathing tank of hot water three feet away, submerged in the hot…
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