Langlois v. Dunn Worsted Mills

The first, second, and fourth counts of the declaration are demurred to. The first two counts set forth, in substance, that the plaintiff was employed to work on a machine which was defective for want of a lever to stop it when in motion; that the plaintiff was fourteen years of age, of immature intelligence and feeble memory; that it suddenly became necessary to put the geared wheel out of gear; that he "momentarily forgot the absence of said lever” and in haste reached for the place where the lever should have been, and his hand became caught in the geared wheels.

We think the first two…