Glover v. Kansas City Bolt & Nut Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. H. L. Bcarritt, Judge. (1) Defendants demurrer to plaintiff’s testimony should have been sustained, or the court should have given the peremptory instruction in defendant’s favor at the close of all the testimony.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. H. L. Bcarritt, Judge. (1) Defendants demurrer to plaintiff’s testimony should have been sustained, or the court should have given the peremptory instruction in defendant’s favor at the close of all the testimony. Bailey on Masters’ Liability, pp. 152-156; Nu-gent v. Milling Co., 131 Mo. 256; Hickey v. Taaffe, 105 N. Y. 37; Maisky v. Schumacher, 27 N. Y. Sup. 332, Schliermann v. Typewriter Co., 32 N. Y. Sup. 749; Buckley v. Gutta Percha Co., 113 N. Y. 540; O’Keefe v. Thorn, 16 Atl. Rep. 737; Palmer v. Harrison, 57 Mich. 182; Higgins Carpet Co. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
The plaintiff, a minor, aged fourteen years, sues the defendant for personal injuries sustained by him on the 18th of September, 1895, while employed by it as helper to the operator of a machine called “shears,” used for cutting scrap iron previous to its manufacture into nuts and bolts.
The petition specifies five grounds of negligence by defendant as follows:
1st. In employing a youth of plaintiff’s age and inexperience to perform dangerous work.
2d. Failure to caution plaintiff as to the danger of the machinery and the work to be done by him.
3d. Allowing the scrap iron to be piled so near to…
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