Perlick v. Detroit Wooden-Ware Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for injuries received by plaintiff in defendant’s factory. It appears that plaintiff entered defendant’s employ in October, 1892, and continued there until June 29, 1893, when he was injured. For a month or more before the injury, his work consisted in oiling the shafting in the factory and handling lumber. He usually commenced oiling about 7 o’clock in the morning, and it took him about three hours. The rest of the day he was engaged in taking lumber to and from the planer. The shafting he oiled was situate on three different floors. On each of…