Johnson v. Philadelphia House Wrecking Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila.. Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 893, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Napoleon B. Johnson, by his next friend and brother, James Johnson, v. Philadelphia House Wrecking Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Audenried,. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $300. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 108, Oct. T., 1913, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila.. Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 893, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Napoleon B. Johnson, by his next friend and brother, James Johnson, v. Philadelphia House Wrecking Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Audenried,. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $300. Defendant appealed. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for defendant. cited: Campbell v. Brandywine Summit Kaolin & Feldspar Co., 52 Pa. Superior…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff, a common laborer, was employed with a number of others, by the defendant, in the demolition of an old stone mansion, fifty by sixty feet in size, three stories in height, and having about twenty feet above the roof line, á stone tower, twelve to fifteen feet square. After the work had proceeded to a stage when it became necessary to dismantle the tower, the plaintiff alleges that, he. with two other workmen were directed by *625Clarence Douglass, who was the foreman in charge of the defendant’s work on the property, “to take the floor up from the tower hallway…
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- Hollis v. WidenerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Franczak v. Nazareth Cement Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
- Coleman v. KeenanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1909