Baillod v. Nelson Grain Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment for damages suffered in operating a corn mill in Kansas City, Mo. The plaintiff alleged that:

“On January 3, 1912, the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant ... in charge of and attending one of the corn mills of the defendant. This corn mill was being used to grind shelled corn into corn chop. It had two large rollers which were revolving at high speed and were so placed that the corn fed from the *777hopper above the rollers was ground and crushed between them. The machine was propelled by a steam engine…