Canton Cotton Mills v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Gober. Cherokee superior court. October 5, 1903. Wylie Edwards,, by his next friend, brought suit against the Canton Cotton Mills for damages' on account of personal injuries. The petition alleged, in substance: On February 10, 1902, the plaintiff, then ten years old, was in the employment of the defendant, his work being to sweep floors and make bands for the spinning room.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Gober. Cherokee superior court. October 5, 1903. Wylie Edwards,, by his next friend, brought suit against the Canton Cotton Mills for damages' on account of personal injuries. The petition alleged, in substance: On February 10, 1902, the plaintiff, then ten years old, was in the employment of the defendant, his work being to sweep floors and make bands for the spinning room. In order to get water to drink it was necessary for him to pass the entire length of the defendant’s factory filled with swiftly-moving machinery. After obtaining a drink of water and…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
The age of majority and the age under which there can be no criminal responsibility have been arbitrarily declared by statute. But neither nature nor the courts'have fixed any definite age at which children attain the . capacity to work. In some children the mind outruns the body and in others the body outgrows the mind. Some are weak and undeveloped at the age of fourteen, and others are strong and vigorous at ten. Some at an early age can hunt, drive, ride, swim and work in many occupations, with ordinary safety, while others of the same age, with even *449greater physical strength, by reason…
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