Legal Opinion

Hartz v. Schafer

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 2, 1931No. Appeal, 19PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Kephart,

Plaintiff’s husband was one of several men hired to erect the steel work for defendant’s building. There is no doubt from this record that plaintiff’s husband, with others, furnished the tools and equipment with which to perform this work. The company that fabricated and sold the steel to defendant could not erect it, but some of its men, with their foreman, undertook its erection. The steel company loaned to these men the necessary equipment; they had it transported by .truck to the defendant’s premises where the building was in course of erection. Part of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Prescott v. Ball Engine Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1896
  2. Harkins v. Standard Sugar RefineryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
  3. Fellows v. StevensMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  4. O'Dowd v. BurnhamSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Vasey v. McLeanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933

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