Fitter v. Iowa Telephone Co.

In November, 1902, tbe defendant was engaged. in the . construction of a telephone line in the city of Burlington. Among its employees was a gang of men engaged in digging holes along the route, under the direction of a foreman named Shane, and another gang, in charge of a foreman named Bitter, were hauling, and distributing the poles. On November 13, 1902, plaintiff, being then in his twentieth year, was employed by the defendant to assist in the work of digging holes. While in this service, on the third or fourth day of his employment, he was called by his foreman to assist in unloading…