Long v. Shirrod

The defendant was a wheat grower in Whitman county. The plaintiff, an employee during the harvest season, was injured while engaged in moving a binder in a wheat field. He brought suit and recovered judgment on the verdict of a jury. The defendant has appealed.

Oliver Bennett was the superintendent or foreman of the ranch. Wben respondent was employed he was told “to do what Bennett said.” He was employed to shock wheat. He knew nothing about the kind of binder in use on the farm, “never ran one nor done nothing about them.” He and others with the foreman were engaged in shocking. One Bill…