Cudahy Packing Co. v. Broadbent

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Cunningham, J. :

This was an action brought by the defendant in error to recover for personal injuries sustained by being thrown from a wagon heavily loaded with lumber as he was driving into the grounds upon which the plant of the plaintiff in error was located.

Broadbent was an employee of a lumber company which was supplying lumber to the packing company. He was sent to deliver a heavy load of lumber, according to the order of the packing company, at its plant. He was directed to drive along a certain roadway to a given point. In so doing the front…