Oyen v. Willings

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The appellee and plaintiff below, Raymond Willings, was employed by appellant and defendant below,- C. V. Oyen, as a member of the crew operating a dredge boat with which defendant was digging or enlarging a ditch in Daviess county, and while so engaged he sustained injuries to his leg and other parts of his body by which the leg between the knee and ankle was broken in one or two places and plaintiff was thereby rendered more or less a permanent cripple. He brought this suit against defendant seeking to recover damage for his injuries, alleging in…