Becker v. Baumgartner

The complaint upon which appellee recovered below is in substance as follows : Appellants were engaged in the business of manufacturing wagons in the city of Evansville, and appellee was employed by them to run the engine for their manufacturing ■establishment, and to perform such other work therein as might be required of him ; that on the 15th day of May, 1891, while so engaged, appellee was required to shift a belt from one pulley to anothei’, which propelled a circular saw, and to saw out some lumber; that said belt was “old,worn,frayed and rotten,” and appellants had carelessly and…