Luther v. Farmers Union Cooperative Ass'n

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries. From a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant appeals.

The first of the two errors assigned and argued is that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient evidence. The petition of the plaintiff alleges that the defendant owns and operates a grain elevator; that as a part of its machinery it maintained a dump and driveway for unloading .wagon-loads of grain, which were so constructed that a wagon loaded with grain and drawn by horses is placed upon a movable platform in such a manner that a mechanical operation…