Stevens v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

D-awson, C. J.:

This was an action for damages for injuries plaintiff sustained by coming in contact with a whirling universal joint which was part of a “take-off” shaft for delivering power from a farm tractor to a small harvester-thresher familiarly known as a “combine.”

The take-off shaft was attached to the tractor machinery for the reception of its power and was attached to the combine for the delivery of its power. The tractor was hitched to the combine by the common sort of device needless to explain. The take-off shaft was situated a few inches…