Breedlove v. Gates

Action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed by defendant in driving a horse attached to a hay-stacker, while putting up hay on the defendant’s farm.

It appears that in June, 1908, the plaintiff, then a boy only nine years old, was employed by the defendant to drive a team attached to a stacking machine in use upon the defendant’s farm. The father of the boy was also working for the defendant as a sort of foreman in charge of the work. Some time before the 9th day of July of that year the defendant substituted a single horse for the team which was first…