Taverner v. Anderson

Mitchell, J.-

Robert Y. Taverner was employed in the fall of 1932 by Jess Anderson, who at that time was operating his farm three miles northeast of the city of Clarinda, in Page county, Iowa. It is the claim of Taverner that he was employed to work at a sorghum mill which the appellee had upon his farm, and which he was operating for commercial benefit. Appellant was to receive the sum of one dollar per day and board and lodging. The appellee did not carry compensation insurance as required by law, and, while Taverner was so employed, his right hand became engaged and caught in the rollers…