Hatfield v. White Line Motor Freight Co.

In 1935 the W. B. Ewer Construction Company erected an office building for the Maytag Company in the city of Newton, Iowa. This building stood on the north side of an east and west street. It is faced with stone. The building was erected and the roof put on by September, 1935. There ■were three foremen on the job, all employees of the construction company. Paul H. Hatfield was foreman of the stone and brick work. The street upon which the building faced was 54 feet wide, from the office building on the north side of the street to the Maytag factory on the south side of the street. The condi…