Jewell v. Beckstine

SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion for judgment n. o. v. or new trial in a negligence case.

Appellants, Buddy and Margaret Beckstine, own a dairy farm and some 110 Jersey milk cows. Appellee, Alton Jewell, on the date relevant to this case, was also a dairy farmer, and in addition worked as a milk hauler; as a hauler, on every other day, as part of a route, he drove his tank truck to the Beckstines’ farm, picked up the milk that had been produced there, and took it to the place where it was processed and bottled.

On February 6, 1973, Jewell slipped and fell in the…