Lawrence v. Toledo Terminal Rd. Co.

Fortunately many of the facts relating to this unfortunate accident are not in dispute. Nor is there any dispute as to the applicable principles of law.

In the morning of that day the plaintiff met a man named Milton Barnett who owned an old coupe with a small, homemade, two-wheeled trailer attached. Barnett was engaged in the business of doing various kinds of hauling, and he employed the plaintiff that day to assist in loading and unloading the trailer which was approximately eight feet long and four feet wide with sides about one foot high.

First they hauled rubbish to the city dump. Then in…