Irwin v. Leuten Brick Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 165, Oct. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of. Municipal Court, Pbila. Co., April T., 1914, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William J. Irwin and William J. Irwin, in his own right, v. Leuten Brick Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Crane, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff, a boy seventeen years old, was injured on March 21, 1913, while working at a clay mixer in defendant’s brick manufacturing plant.
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Appeal, No. 165, Oct. T., 1914, by defendants, from judgment of. Municipal Court, Pbila. Co., April T., 1914, No. 6, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William J. Irwin and William J. Irwin, in his own right, v. Leuten Brick Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Crane, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff, a boy seventeen years old, was injured on March 21, 1913, while working at a clay mixer in defendant’s brick manufacturing plant. The circumstances of the accident are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for William J. Irwin,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
William J. Irwin, Jr., seventeen years of age, was employed by the defendant as a temperer of clay. He worked at the pugmill or clay mixer, which is about seven feet long, two and one-half feet wide and of the *152same depth, the box being of an oval shape. It has a shaft inside, to which were attached twenty knives used to cut or mix the mass of clay as it passes through the mixer. A platform is placed at the top. A belt eighteen inches wide carries the clay to the mixer. This belt is operated by gear wheels five and six feet above the platform. As the clay passes through…
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