Laudner v. James

E. W. James, a truck operator, contracted to deliver a load of coal on the 26th day of December, 1934, to the farm home of Amos Laudner, located a few miles from the town of Sheffield. The weather was very cold. The house in which Laudner lived had a main part, which extended east and west, and on the south side there was a lean-to or kitchen, with .an outer door on the east side. The cellarway, into which the coal was to be shoveled, was on the east side of the main part of the house. The truck was backed up to the cellarway opening, but because of the ice and snow the truck did not straddle…