Jones v. Jones

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

Plaintiff had a verdict and judgment for $15,000 as damages for injuries to his right hand sustained while pulling on the belt of defendant’s combine, trying thereby to assist in starting the motor. Plaintiff, Harold Jones, on December 1, 1962, when the accident occurred, was 64 years of age and the father of defendant Billy Jones. His principal occupation for 16 years had been managing and operating a small town produce house. However, he lived on a farm and prior to his produce house venture had been a farmer, but had mostly used horse-drawn machinery in his farming…