Gleason v. Geary

1 Reported in 8 N.W.2d 808. Plaintiff's action to recover damages for personal injuries resulted in a directed verdict for her adversary, and she appeals from an order denying her motion for new trial.

Plaintiff was employed as a "chicken picker" by Boote Hatchery Packing Company at Worthington, whose business is that of buying, dressing, and preparing poultry and other farm products for the market. Defendant's business is that of a building contractor. In August 1940 he was engaged by the hatchery to do some repair work at its plant. This job included breaking up and removing an old cement…