Goldie v. Werner
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Action in case for personal injuries. Plea, not guilty; judgment for plaintiff. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Jonas Hutchinson, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court,
Waterman, J.
Appellee, a carpenter, while working for appellant, was seriously injured by the giving way of a.scaffold over which he, in conjunction with a number of other workmen, was carrying a heavy piece of timber.
It is insisted that the judgment in this case can not be sustained, because the plaintiff himself helped to build the platform which gave way.
It is undoubtedly the case that if the plaintiff had notice of the defect from which the injury arose, he can not recover. The platform gave way, either because of a knot in one of the joists, or because of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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