Merchants Mutual Casualty Co. v. Drown

The defendant was injured while in the employ of John W. Bourlet on the latter’s farm in Concord. At the moment, he was riding on the running board of a truck owned by Bourlet and operated by Bourlet's foreman, Oscar Olson, whose negligence is alleged to have caused the injuries. The truck was being used in the drawing of manure. Including Olson and the defendant, Bourlet at the time employed seven men on the farm. Three of them worked solely in the barn. Olson, Drown and two others did the outside work. Drown, as on this occasion, frequently had to work about the truck, loading and unloading.