Dunphrey v. Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

White, J.

This is a writ of error to review the judgment of nonsuit entered by the Supreme Court in the Camden ■Circuit.

The plaintiff, a carpenter, sixty-two years old, in the employ of defendant, was using a tool, known as a circular saw, which was operated by steam power on a shaft located below the surface of a table, so that the top of the saw extended up about four inches through a small slit in the top of the table, and so that by laying a board upon the table and pushing it against the saw while it revolved, the board could be sawed as desired by…