Meakins v. Olson

This is a personal injury action in which the plaintiff appeals from a judgment entered upon an order *109allowing defendant’s motion for an involuntary non-suit.

Plaintiff and his family rented a house from the defendant under an agreement whereby plaintiff helped with the farm chores in lieu of paying a cash rental.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that one of his duties was to milk the defendant’s beef cows and that while he was attempting to milk a cow which was “unstable, wild and unmanageable,” the cow kicked and injured him. The complaint alleges negligence as follows:

“That the defendant herein…