McAleer v. Walter & Bell

The defendants manufacture bags. The plaintiff was employed as operator on a sewing machine. She was about seventeen years old and had been in the employ of the defendants some time, but had operated the machine only two or *475three months. The machine was of standard make and the best in the market for that character of work. It was out of repair, several weeks before, in such way that it would not sew properly, and had been brought back from the repair shop the day before the accident. It did not sew properly, however, the thread breaking continually, and' the foreman was called and examined…