Weik v. Ace Rents Inc.

Plaintiff’s petition, as amended, alleges defendant operates a rental service in Des Moines, furnishing to the general public, for rent or hire, various tools, equipment, etc.; that plaintiff rented from defendant a rotary power lawn mower for the purpose, disclosed to -.defendant, of mowing grass at his home; that the mower was equipped with a safety device designed to tip the mower when the handle was pulled down, so as to. shield and protect the operator from its rotating cutting blades; that the mower was dangerous and defective in that the safety device was defective and broken, of which…