Prager v. City of Wheeling
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by Ralph L. Prager against City of Wheeling. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lively, Judge:
The city of Wheeling prosecutes this writ of error from a final judgment of the circuit court entered on the 18th day of February, 1922.
The plaintiff, nineteen 'years of age and inexperienced in the performance of the duties of his employment, was employed by the city as an oiler at its water works pumping station. He was required to wipe, oil and grease three eccentrics, a part of the pump, and while so engaged his head was caught between one of the eccentrics and the edge of a platform near it, causing him serious injury. The city had not elected to comply with ¡the…
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