Braasch v. Michigan Stove Co.

It was the claim of plaintiff, aged 14 years, that he was first employed by the defendant between 7 and 8 a. m., September 27, 1902, at an emery wheel, and 20 minutes later placed at funning an electric freight elevator. He had no papers from his father consenting to his employment. The superintendent took him to the elevator, told the man in charge to show the boy how to run it. The man took the boy one round trip; the superintendent then taking the man away and leaving the boy in charge. It is also claimed the elevator began jerking and jumping; that the boy notified the man formerly in…