Richards v. Rough

The plaintiff brings his action on the case for injuries received while in the employ of defendants, using machinery which he alleges was unsafe. The defendants are partners, and for many years have been largely engaged in carrying on the business of manufacturing wagons at Buchanan, in this State. They are not mechanics. Their business in the shops, at the time the accident complained of occurred, was under the general management of M. S. Mead, against whose competency for the position nothing appears in this record. Tie had the general superintendence of the entire business at the works,…