Willis v. Eckert Packing Co.

This is an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Miami County sustaining a motion of the defendant for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence.

The plaintiff, Harvey Willis, appellant herein, was employed as a truck driver by Brush & Weaving Hair Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, which operates a business of brushing, processing, and selling animal hair for commercial usage.

The defendant, Eckert Packing Company, appellee herein, owns and operates a packing plant at Troy, Ohio.

The action was commenced by Harvey Willis and…