Woolf v. Nauman Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blackhawk District Court. — ■ Hon. A. S. Blair, Judge. Action at law to recover damages for the death of plaintiff’s minor son, alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. — ■
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendant corporation is the proprietor of a mill or factory at Waterloo, Iowa, in which doors and certain other building materials are made or prepared for the trade. Among the employés in its service on September 12, 1902, was plaintiff’s son Loren Woolf, then about II years of age. The boy being engaged in using or operating a circular saw cutting boards into suitable sizes for door panels, one of the boards was in some manner caught upon the back part of the saw and thrown forward with great violence against his person, inflicting an injury from which, a day or two later, death…
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