Miller v. Beil

Appellants were in the business of threshing wheat and other grain. Steam power was used, and appellants had in their employ at the time one Carl Beil, whose duty it was to haul water from a nearby reservoir in a water tank drawn by horses. The water tank was made of wood, and was seven and one-half feet long, three feet wide, and twenty-eight inches deep, with an opening in the top twenty-three inches square. By the side of the opening, and fastened to the top of the tank, was a pump. When the tank was being filled, the water was pumped through a hose which connected the pump with the…