Eckert v. Sound Construction & Engineering Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Eng county, Albertson, J., entered November 18, 1911, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by a carpenter in a fall from a scaffold.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, C. J.
Action by Charles H. Eckert against Sound Construction and Engineering Company, a corporation, to recover damages for personal injuries. From a ■ verdict and judgment in plaintiff’s favor, the defendant has appealed.
The sole question presented is whether the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Appellant, as contractor, was engaged in the construction of the roof of a round house for the Great Northern Railway Company, at Wellington, Washington. Respondent was a carpenter *321employed by appellant to frame heavy…
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