Collins v. Kurth

The appellee, Alva Collins, as plaintiff below, brought an action of trespass on the case against the appellants for the loss of his hand through injuries received in an ensilage cutter. Appellee was 47 years of age and had been engaged as a farm hand, doing general farm work, since he was 9 years of age. Until a little over a year prior to the accident his home had been in Hamilton county, Illinois, where he had worked for his sister. While so engaged he was considered “first man,” that is, there were two farm hands employed and appellee directed what work should be done. He went to Woodford…