Collins v. Groseclose

This was an action brought by the appellee to recover damages for the alleged negligence of the appellants in threshing his wheat. The complaint was in three paragraphs, in each of which it was alleged that the appellants were the owners of a steam threshing machine; that they contracted with the appellee to thresh his wheat for hire, at a price stated; that they entered upon the performance of their contract, and that by reason of the defects of *415the machinery, the carelessness and negligence of the appellants in setting, running, and operating the same, his wheat was destroyed by fire,…