Johnson v. Model Steam Laundry Co.

Action in the district court for Douglas county to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while working in the defendant’s laundry. The plaintiff had the verdict and judgment, and the defendant has appealed.

At the close of the evidence the defendant requested the trial court to direct a verdict in its favor, which was denied, and that ruling is now one of the several errors assigned and relied on for a reversal of the judgment. The allegations of negligence set forth in the amended petition, on which the cause was tried, were as follows: (a) The failure to furnish a…