Lewis v. Cratty

Plaintiff’s petition asserts that on July 12,1940, plaintiff purchased from the defendants a grain combine or har vester-thresher; it was delivered knocked down and was assembled on plaintiff's premises by some of the defendants; plaintiff was unfamiliar with this type of machine and its operation; while plaintiff was operating the machine his right shoe and foot were caught in the whirling power drive, causing serious injury; that defendants were negligent in manufacturing the combine without proper guard for the power drive, in selling it without such guard, in failing to warn plaintiff of…