Adams v. Bucyrus Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscae M. Eeitz, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. Tbe plaintiff, a millwright, nearly forty years of age, was in the employ of defendant at its large manufacturing plant at South Milwaukee, and was very seriously injured February 3, 1911, by reason of a large roller falling upon him.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscae M. Eeitz, Circuit Judge. Personal injuries. Tbe plaintiff, a millwright, nearly forty years of age, was in the employ of defendant at its large manufacturing plant at South Milwaukee, and was very seriously injured February 3, 1911, by reason of a large roller falling upon him. The roller was in the shape of a solid wheel, 'forty-two inches in diameter, fifteen and one-half inches thick, made of semi-steel, and weighing nearly 4,000 pounds. The roller was a part of the machinery of a so-called sand mill or sand mixer,…
1Opinion of the Court
WiNslow, O. J.
In this case the plaintiff called as adverse witnesses a number of tbe defendant’s employees, including Eanthum, the plaintiff’s helper, and examined them fully as to the situation and the circumstances surrounding the accident. Eanthum gave his story of the falling of the roller at- length. The trial took place in November, 1912, and -¿he trial judge ruled in accordance with the rule apparently laid down in O’Day v. Meyers, 147 Wis. 549, 133 N. W. 605, that the defendant could not cross-examine Ean-thum 'or any of the other witnesses who were employees of the defendant and were…
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