Coughlin v. Blaul

This is a suit brought by a servant against his master to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to- have been caused by the master’s negligence.

At the time the plaintiff was injured he was about eleven years old, and the injuries sustained were painful and permanent — the fingers of one hand being cut or torn off. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the Court directed a verdict for the defendant by instructing the jury that the plaintiff had offered no legally sufficient evidence under the pleadings of the negligence of the defendant as the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury.…