Connelly v. Faith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 376, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dee. T., 1897, No. 913, on verdict for defendants. Trespass for persona] injuries. Before Beitler, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was employed as electrician by S. Faith & Company and was sent by his employer on November 9, 1897, to the hotel building of the Boothby Hotel Company to fix an incandescent lamp in the boiler room.
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Appeal, No. 376, Jan. T., 1898, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., Dee. T., 1897, No. 913, on verdict for defendants. Trespass for persona] injuries. Before Beitler, J. At the trial it appeared that plaintiff was employed as electrician by S. Faith & Company and was sent by his employer on November 9, 1897, to the hotel building of the Boothby Hotel Company to fix an incandescent lamp in the boiler room. He entered the boiler room, carrying a lighted candle, climbed a wooden horse, extracted the cut-out which connects the light with the ceiling, brought it down and took…
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Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mitchell,
Plaintiff was employed by Faith & Company, and was doing-work on the premises of the Boothby Hotel Company when ho received the injury for which he brought suit against both. We do not discover any evidence of negligence on the part of Faith & Company, and as to them the direction to find for the defendants is affirmed.
But as to the Boothby Hotel Company the case is different. The evidence is undisputed that the injury was the result of stepping into hot water from the well, and that the overflow was caused by the failure of the engineer to keep the well pumped…
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