Henry

On March 17, 1930, respondent was a minor of the age of fourteen years and a student in the manual training department of the Garden Grove Union High School. On this day he was operating a jointer machine. His right hand slipped into the revolving blades so injuring it that it was necessary to amputate his index and second fingers at the second joints, and the third or ring finger at the first joint. He sought damages for his injuries under the provisions of section 1623 of the Political Code. The_case was tried before a jury which returned a verdict in his favor for $7,550. From the judgment entered upon this verdict appellant has prosecuted this appeal.

The jointer machine was used in the wood-working section of the manual training department of appellant's high school. The cutting portion of this machine consisted of a series of rapidly revolving blades or knives. The wood to be worked upon rested upon the table of the machine which could be raised or lowered to fit the requirements of the operation. On one side of the table and over the knives was an adjustable iron guide against which the wood rested when passing over the revolving blades. On the other side of the table…