Saunders v. McCown

Maxwell, President:

This is an action for damages for personal injury. To a judgment of nil capiat on verdict the plaintiff prosecutes writ of error.

In the City of Charleston on July 24, 1936, J. R. Saunders, plaintiff, expressly employed for the purpose' by Adam I. McCown, was engaged in making repairs on the outside of a house owned by the latter' and Margaret McCown, his wife.

The particular work involved was the repair of a strip of molding under the eaves of the front of a two-story house. In order that the molding might be reached for purposes of ¡repair, a scaffold was erected. Soon…