Bubb v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

Oscar M. Bubb was employed by the defendant as a car carpenter. He was killed by a piece of timber proj ected against him by an unguarded circular saw in the defendant’s carpenter shop, where he was working. His widow, as administratrix of his estate, recovered a judgment for damages resulting from his death in an action prosecuted under the factory act. The defendant appeals.

The defendant contends that the deceased was not employed in a manufacturing establishment such as the factory act contemplates. The act contains the following provision: