Holman v. Boston Land & Security Co.

In September, 1889, the appellees were the owners of a quantity of unthreshed wheat and oats in stack, which they employed the appellant to thresh, and which he undertook to thresh, with a steam thresher then owned and operated by him. While the work of threshing was proceeding, the stacks took fire, and a large portion of the grain was burned. The following are the allegations of the complaint in relation to the damage:

“ That said steam engine and steam threshing machine was defective, faulty and dangerous in construction, and out of repair, and unfit and unsafe for use in threshing grain.…