Nelson v. C. Heinz Stove Co.

Appellant, Leo Nelson, while an employee of the O. Heinz Stove Company, respondent, and operating a No. 73 Swain power press, sustained injuries to both hands. In an action for damages the. jury returned a verdict for defendant, upon which judgment ivas entered, and plaintiff thereupon appealed, assigning error in the giving of instructions.

The record discloses that the power press was about five or six feet high, three or four feet wide, and about three feet in depth. It functioned by means of two dies, a lower die being at rest in the bed of the machine, and an upper die which ascended and…