Wilson v. Daniels

In this action of tort, at common law, the plaintiff recovered a verdict. The denial of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, to which he excepted, presents the principal question for decision.

There was evidence that the plaintiff, who was without experience in operating machinery, was employed as a teamster on the defendant’s farm. On the morning of the accident, the defendant directed him to go to work upon a corn husker. The jury viewed the machine. A week before the injury, while the plaintiff was working on this corn *236husker, the machine “jumped,” and the plaintiff informed the…