Wilson v. Daniels

The plaintiff’s hand was caught in the revolving rolls of a corn husking machine, at which he was working for the defendant. The declaration charged negligence of the employer in furnishing a defective machine; and in putting the plaintiff at work in a dangerous place. The answer set up contributory negligence and assumption of risk. It was agreed that the plaintiff was a farm laborer, and that his only rights are at common.law.

The plaintiff, when hurt, was feeding corn stalks to the husker. He stood upon a small platform at the side of the *362machine, placed the stalks of corn, tips forward, in…