Comer v. Ritter Lumber Co.

Beannon, Judge:

Arthur Gr. Comer, a boy between thirteen and fourteen years of age, while in the employ of W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, at a saw mill, was injured by a fragment of the cylinder head of a steam saw mill striking his foot, so injuring three of the toes that a part of his foot had to be amputated. The claim of the plaintiff for recovery is, that the *689piston rod which carried the log ■ carriage to and fro, owing to a loose bracket, was in bad condition, which caused it to break and drive out the head of the cylinder, breaking it into fragments, which were scattered around by the…