Teal v. King Farms Co.

WOOD, District Judge.

This was a suit for personal injuries incurred when plaintiff was apparently robbed and beaten while on the property of defendant, King Farms Company, by a fellow laborer, one Gomez. Plaintiff had been employed by the defendant as a laborer, but a few days prior to the alleged beating, plaintiff had been fired. At the time of the alleged beating, plaintiff was on the defendant’s property, not as an employee, but as a licensee, since defendant had allowed plaintiff to remain on defendant’s premises long enough to gather together his possessions.

At the trial the alleged…