Jones v. Lamm

Willard W. Lamm, appellee, sued Bobert L. Jones and Eva E. Jones, appellants, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while he was working on appellants’ farm. Appellee alleged that the injuries were sustained on May 13, 1949, when a board in the floor of a wagon bed broke, causing his right leg to go through the hole, throwing him to the floor, injuring his leg and more seriously injuring his back.

There was a trial of the case before a jury in the Circuit Court of Middlesex county in March, 1950, which resulted in a hung jury. On the second trial, in September, 1950, the case…