Legal Opinion
State v. Bunting
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided March 17, 1914PublishedCited by 20 opinions
From Lake: Henry L. Benson, Judge. The defendant, F. O. Bunting, was tried and convicted of employing a man to labor in his manufacturing establishment for more than 10 hours, to wit, for 13 hours in one day, in violation of Laws of 1913, Chapter 102, and alleging that the act in question is unconstitutional, appeals. The facts developed are set forth in the opinion of the court. In Banc.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bean
*261Section 1 of the act declares as follows:
“It is the public policy of the State of Oregon that no person shall be hired, nor permitted to work for wages, under any conditions or terms, for longer hours or days of service than is consistent with his health and physical well-being and ability to promote the general welfare by his increasing usefulness as a healthy and intelligent citizen. It is hereby declared that the working of any person more than ten hours in one day, in any mill, factory or manufacturing establishment is injurious to the physical health and well-being of such person, and…
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