Jackson v. McCuiston

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This appeal resulted from the granting of a directed verdict in favor of defendants at the close of plaintiffs’ testimony in a tort case. Charles Eugene Jackson, a minor, and his father, Charles E. Jackson, Sr., sued the McCuistons for injuries caused young Jackson (called Gene throughout the trial) when his leg got caught in a tractor-propelled stalk cutter (“bush hog”) operated by the defendant minor, Lloyd C. McCuiston III. Young Lloyd was employed on the farm of his father and grandfather, who operated as a partnership under the name of L. C. McCuiston & Son. The…