Fields v. Johnson

Plaintiff below, appellant here, filed suit against defendant below, appellee here, for personal injuries. The court sustained a demurrer to the declaration and dismissed the suit. Plaintiff appealed to this Court.

For the purposes of this opinion the facts are stated as charged in the declaration and considered as true. Plaintiff was an employee on the farm of defendant. In the early spring of 1962 defendant was in a hurry to complete work of tearing down houses on the farm, putting up fences, and making repairs before the farming season arrived. In order to construct a fence along* the creek…