Russell v. Cavelero

In this action the respondent, Russell, sought to recover against the appellants, Cavelero-, for personal injuries. The respondent, at the time of receiving the injuries, was in the employ of the appellants as a farm hand. He was working in the haymow of the appellants’ barn, mowing hay brought therein by a derrick fork. The hay-mow was of considerable size, and near its center was a perpendicular chute, made of lumber, three and one-half by four feet in size, extending from near the lower floor of the barn upwards through the floor of the hay-mow to a height of about thirteen feet above the…