Phillips v. Tackett

This is an action brought in the district court of Tulsa county by W.L. Tackett against W.P. Phillips to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of defendant.

Plaintiff alleges that he was engaged by defendant to pull stumps on his farm, and that defendant furnished him with defective machinery, which caused his injury; that defendant placed Tom Howard in charge of and over the work as vice principal; and that the stump puller failed to work properly because Howard placed grease in certain slots on the machine.

The defense consisted of a general and…