Cooper v. Burnley

COIL, Commissioner.

James P. Cooper worked on a farm operated by a partnership composed of defendants Roy and J. C. Burnley. Pie was injured in February 1954 when he fell from a wagon while performing farm labor under the circumstances to be hereinafter described. He sought $25,000 as damages for injuries allegedly received as a result of the fall. The trial court directed a defendants’ verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case, and plaintiff has appealed from the judgment entered thereon.

Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in directing a defendants’ verdict for the reason that he made a…