Hutton v. Link Oil Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The foreman and another employee of the defendant were engaged in removing casing’from a well, using *198a derrick made of iron piping. There were three guy wires on the derrick but only two of them were fastened. As each length of casing was drawn it was loaded on a wagon to which there was hitched a team of horses. In attempting to pull one of the joints of casing, the strain caused the derrick to topple over and it fell across the back of one of the horses, knocking the animal down. The other horse was hitched to the derrick to pull it off…