Stecher Cooperage Works v. Steadman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; statement by the court. In 1902 J. W. Steadman was employed by the Stecher Cooperage Company. He worked for the company at a machine called an edger. This machine had a large wheel, some four or five feet in diameter, made of cast iron with a rim of wrought iron or steel to make it more secure and hold it together somewhat as the tire of a wagon wheel binds the wheel and makes it stronger.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court; Hance N. Hutton, Judge; statement by the court. In 1902 J. W. Steadman was employed by the Stecher Cooperage Company. He worked for the company at a machine called an edger. This machine had a large wheel, some four or five feet in diameter, made of cast iron with a rim of wrought iron or steel to make it more secure and hold it together somewhat as the tire of a wagon wheel binds the wheel and makes it stronger. On the 18th of October, 1902, while the machine was running, the wheel broke into fragments. The fragments of the broken wheel were hurled in all…
1Opinion of the Court
Riddick, J.,
(after stating the facts.) This is an appeal by the Stecher Cooperage Company from a judgment rendered against it for damages on account of the injury and death of J. W. Steadman, one of its employees. At the time of his injury Steadman was working at a machine called an edger. This machine had a wheel some four or five feet in diameter made of cast iron, with a steel rim around it to strengthen and hold it together, somewhat after the manner that the tire of a wagon wheel strengthens the wheel. Attached to this wheel were knives, the edges of the blades protruding about one…
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