Legal Opinion
Farrell v. B. F. Sturtevant Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 28, 1907PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The defendant was engaged in erecting five buildings in Readville. It had as foreman a man named McNeil. McNeil directed one Scott, who was a carpenter, to move a gin pole or derrick from a building which they had finished to the third floor of another building. The gin pole was a stick of timber twenty-two to twenty-five feet long, four by six inches, and was to be used as a derrick for the purpose of hoisting up the floor beams. It had two guys on the back and one or two on the front to hold it in place, and a fall to be used for hoisting, and weighed all together between three and four…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Newcomb v. Boston Protective DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Prendible v. Connecticut River Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Cashman v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
- Knight v. Overman Wheel Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
- Hilton v. MerrillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Bourne v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Chase v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- McKenna v. AndreassiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Davis v. John L. Whiting & Son Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Dalton v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
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