Oltmanns v. Driver

This is an action, tried to a jury, for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff who fell while assisting in erecting a sectional corncrib on the farm of a neighbor with whom he exchanged work. The neighbor, for whom the corncrib was being erected, was originally a party defendant but has been removed from the litigation by a directed verdict from which no appeal has been taken.

Defendants are partners, doing business as the Missouri Valley Farm Supply, engaged in selling and erecting corn storage cribs and other structures.

For the purpose of this appeal, the facts are not in material dispute.

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