Stafford v. Gowing

Defendant’s motion for directed verdict, which was sustained, challenged the sufficiency of the evidence of defendant’s: negligence and plaintiff’s freedom from contributory negligence. We think the case should have been submitted to the jury. We will review the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff.

Plaintiff, age forty, employed in a lumberyard in the small town of Farragut, desired a piece of six-inch soil pipe to put in the flue of his chimney. A plumber in Farragut sent plaintiff to defendant, who operated a plumbing shop in the rear of his residence in Shenandoah. Plaintiff…