Foster v. Ford Motor Company

Appellant, Ford Motor Company, is engaged in the business of .manufacturing Fordson tractors, which are held out to the public as being suit able for performing ordinary farm work. Defendants, Irwin and wife, are the owners of one of these tractors, purchased from a dealer in Yakima, for use on their ranch near that city. Respondent, Foster, was employed by the Irwins to work upon their ranch. His work required the use of the tractor in question, and upon the third day of his employment, the tractor became deeply mired in the mud. Being unable to pull the tractor out by its own power on…