Sucher v. Oliver-Mercer Electric

STRUTZ, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court setting aside the verdict of the jury for the defendant, and granting a new trial to the plaintiff. The pertinent facts are as follows:

The plaintiff is a retired farmer, living with his parents in New Salem. Prior to the day of the accident which resulted in the injuries for which he brings this action, Oliver County had graded a county road bordering on the south side of a tract of land owned by the plaintiff’s father, which land was managed by the plaintiff. *324A three-strand barbed-wire fence was located on this land, along…