Lee v. Smart

This was an action in the district court for Douglas county, in which the plaintiff therein, defendant in error, recovered for personal injuries received through the alleged negligence of the defendant therein in providing him with a defective wagon and insufficient team for the hauling of lumber and in overloading said wagon. The evidence in the bill of exceptions establishes the following facts: On the 9th day of July, 1890, the plaintiff below, who will be hereafter referred to as the plaintiff, was employed by the defendant, a lumber merchant in the city of Omaha, as teamster, and acted…