Pacheco v. Judson Manufacturing Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Alameda County and from an order granting a nonsuit. F. B. Ogden, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Britt, C.
Defendant is a corporation engaged in the business of manufacturing iron and steel machinery. On April 7, 1892, plaintiff was employed at its works, and, while he was assisting in cutting up a plate of boiler iron by means of a pair of shears weighing some twelve tons and operated by steam, the casting forming the body of the lever or upper jaw of the shears broke; a fragment thereof fell upon plaintiff, and he sustained serious injury; he prosecutes this action to recover *544damages, claiming that defendant was negligent both in the construction of the shears and the oversight of them…
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