Curt v. Ziman

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for personal injuries sustained as a result of placing his hand against a circular saw in defendant’s ice-cutting machine. He obtained a verdict for |1500 but thereafter the lower court entered judgment n. o. v. for the defendant, upon the ground of absence of proof of defendant’s negligence and for the further reason that, even if defendant’s negligence be assumed, plaintiff had been guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

In disposing of this appeal by the plaintiff from that judgment it is our duty to read the…