Green v. Appleton Woolen Mills
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tlie circuit court for Outa-gamie county: John Goodlattc>, Circuit Judge. On October 13, 1911, plaintiff was employed by the defendant and was fifteen years old. He was injured while engaged in the operation of a carding machine, and brings this action to recover damages for such injury.
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Appeal from a judgment of tlie circuit court for Outa-gamie county: John Goodlattc>, Circuit Judge. On October 13, 1911, plaintiff was employed by the defendant and was fifteen years old. He was injured while engaged in the operation of a carding machine, and brings this action to recover damages for such injury. The machine at which he was employed consisted of a large middle or center roller, around which revolved a number of smaller rollers, the surface of the smaller rollers being coated with a wire mesh, brush-like with very small teeth, and by means of this combination of rollers the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaRnes, J.
The appellant argues that the judgment is erroneous (1) because no guardian ad litem was properly appointed; (2) because the case falls within the Workmen's Compensation Act; (3) because so much of sub. 2, sec. 1728a, Stats. 1911 (ch. 479, Laws 1911), as prohibited the employment of minors under the age of sixteen years in operating carding machines is void as to defendant, in that it impaired the obligation of a contract; (4) because such portion of said act denies due process of law, in that it is arbitrary and not the result of a legitimate exercise of the police power, and is therefore…
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