Freeman v. Wentworth & Irwin, Inc.

The defendant’s plant, in which it conducted the business of selling and repairing motor trucks, occupied a two-story building 200 by 200 feet in dimensions. The plaintiff had been employed in the service department of that plant for six years as an expert in the repair of that portion of automobile trucks known as the transmission. Referring to this part of trucks he testified upon direct examination: “I was assigned as a specialist to do this particular kind of work,” and added that during his six years’ employment with the defendant he had repaired about 5,000 transmissions. November 15,…