Wheeler v. Berry

Defendants were manufacturers of heaters and gas machines. In their factory was a carpenter’s shopj which contained two small circular saws, run by machinery, and other tools and machines. In this shop they made parts of the gas machines, and crates used for shipping them. Plaintiff was about 50 years of age, and in the full possession of his faculties. He was employed by defendants as a general laborer at $1.50 per day. At the time of the accident he had been’ in their employ a year and a half. The circular saws projected a few inches above an *252adjustable table, and were 'used for sawing…