Breen v. Keen

BíURCH, J.

This is an action to recover for personal injuries claimed to have been received 'by plaintiff as a result of defendant’s negligence. The case was tried to a jury, and the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $500. Defendant appeals from the judgment entered thereon and an order overruling his motion for a new trial.

Respondent was working on a farm for appellant. As a part of his duties he hauled straw to appellant’s cattle across the James river. In doing so he used a road running from the farm buildings above the river down the bank of the river to a ford. The road…