Day v. Cloke

By the Court,

Ducker, C. J.:

The respondent, who was plaintiff in the court below, brought this action to recover $10,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him while in the employ of appellant in his blacksmith shop in Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada. It is alleged in the complaint that on the 3d day of December, 1919, plaintiff was in the employ of said Jack Cloke as a blacksmith, and, while working on the repair of a wagon, and due to the negligence of said defendant, the said wagon slipped from its holdings; that plaintiff, while jumping to escape being crushed by the…