Tangney v. J. B. Wilson & Co.

This is an action for personal injuries. The court below directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that no. negligence on its part had been shown. There was no testimony given on behalf of the defendant, and the case rested upon the showing on the part of the plaintiff.

At the time of the injury plaintiff was 20 years of age, and had been in the employ of the defendant about five months. His duties consisted in making cores in a foundry for iron castings, placing them on a carriage,, pushing the carriage into the drying oven or furnace, lighting the fires, and adjusting an iron door…