Alderman v. Noble

The evidence warranted a finding of the following facts: The defendant operated a farm owned by his mother. The plaintiff occupied a house of the mother’s as tenant. By arrangement between the parties, the plaintiff cut wood on the farm on shares, stacking what was cut in two equal piles, one for himself and one for the defendant, and both parties then joined in sawing both piles, using a circular saw, owned by the defendant, which was operated by gasoline. While they were sawing wood from the defendant’s pile, the defendant negligently accelerated the speed of the saw, the plaintiff’s hand…