Cotton v. Osterberg

This action was instituted by plaintiff to recover damages from defendant for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of defendant.

It appears that on April 18, 1927, plaintiff and his brother entered into an oral agreement with defendant to break 400 acres of land, defendant to furnish a gas tractor and a four-bottom Sattley plow and keep the same in repair, all necessary tools, equipment, gas and oil. Pursuant to the agreement, defendant turned over to plaintiff and his brother a tractor and plow, and they began work. Only three of the four bottoms were…