Lang v. Hedrick

Plaintiff alleged that defendant was the owner and operator of a farm in Dubuque county, Iowa, and that he owned and operated a woodcutting machine as a part of his equipment in carrying on his business of farming. Plaintiff was a man 46 years old and was operating a truck farm in the same neighborhood. On or about September 22, 1938, he was temporarily employed by the defendant to help him saw cordwood into one-foot lengths. On that day, he alleges a stick of wood which he was' holding to the teeth of the saw was caught and thrown upward, thereby bringing his right hand into contact with the…