McKinney v. Bland

This action was commenced by Mark Bland, hereinafter called plaintiff, to recover damages resulting from fire. The action was against W. E. McKinney, hereinafter referred to as defendant.

The defendant was engaged by the plaintiff to combine plaintiff’s wheat. During the harvesting operations a fire broke out burning approximately four acres of standing grain.

Arland Curtiss testified that he was the driver of the defendant’s combine; that he had stopped the combine during the process of harvesting and rolled a cigarette and had climbed upon the combine to continue the harvest operations when…