Gallagher v. Southwestern Exposition Ass'n

The petition charges, in this case, that the plaintiff, one Peter Gallagher, was, on the twenty-sixth day of December, 1871, employed by the Southwestern Exposition Company and their contractor, or agents, as a laborer to assist in the construction of the building known as the Exposition building, and that while in said employ and engaged in the duties thereof he was seriously and permanently injured by the falling of a wall upon him, through the gross negligence and carelessness of the said company and its agents and contractors. The defense was a general denial. The case was tried by a…