Foth v. Macomber & Whyte Rope Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. BeldeN, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for a personal injury to Clarence Foth, a minor.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Kenosha county: E. B. BeldeN, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for a personal injury to Clarence Foth, a minor. While in tbe employ of tbe defendant and doing work wbicb be was prohibited by statute from being employed to perform plaintiff, Clarence Foth, was severely injured, tbe flesh and skin being considerably torn from bis left arm, causing him much pain, wholly incapacitating him from doing manual labor fox a considerable length of time and permanently weakening and diminishing tbe usefulness of tbe member. An ordinary action was commenced…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed October 5, 1915:
Marshall, J.
The verdict of the jury is fairly sustained by the evidence. That is all which need be said on that branch of the case. If it were not for the question of jurisdiction, there might well be an affirmance without an opinion.
The question of jurisdiction turns on the meaning of the words, “minors who are legally permitted to work under the laws of the state,” in sub. (2), sec. 2394 — 7, Stats., defining, in part, the meaning of the word “employee” in the Workmen’s Compensation Law, so as to render plain the scope of the legislative…
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