Dennis v. Wilford

This is an action to recover damages for the loss of a hand while helping to operate a portable sawing machine. Plaintiff was a farmer, 36 years old, and employed by defendant on or about February 26,1951, to work on defendant’s farm. On April 14, 1951, defendant employed William Harold Wray, the owner of a sawmill, to come to his farm to cut logs into lumber, which was to be used in building a barn on defendant’s farm. The saw was •48 inches across and fastened to a shaft. There was a framework over the shaft called a husk. On this husk were the shafts and pulleys. The platform ■covered the…