Heltonville Manufacturing Co. v. Fields

The appellee sued the appellants for personal injuries sustained while in the employment of the appellants, and from a swinging saw in appellant’s lumber mill. The complaint was in two paragraphs, which differed in no material respect. The theory of the action was that the appellants negligently maintained said saw with worn and defective rigging, which broke and caused said saw to swing against the appellee without his negligence. It is alleged that the appellants knew of the defects, and that the appellee had no knowledge thereof, and could not observe the same because concealed behind and…