Campbell v. Wells Bros.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 203, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 1683, entering compulsory non-suit in case of William Campbell, in his own right, and William Campbell as Administrator of the Estate of Joanna Campbell, deceased, v. Wells Brothers Company. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s decedent. Before Ferguson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case.
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Appeal, No. 203, Jan. T., 1916, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1911, No. 1683, entering compulsory non-suit in case of William Campbell, in his own right, and William Campbell as Administrator of the Estate of Joanna Campbell, deceased, v. Wells Brothers Company. Trespass for death of plaintiff’s decedent. Before Ferguson, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The trial judge entered a compulsory nonsuit, which the court in banc subsequently refused to take off. Plaintiffs appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were various rulings on…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
The learned court below was- clearly wrong in excluding the testimony offeTed by the plaintiff to show that the defendant company had not furnished sufficient planks to cover that part of the third floor of the building where the deceased and his coemployees, engaged in hoisting the mast of the derrick, were required to work, and the lack of which planks made the place unsafe. The negligence laid in the statement is that the defendant “did not furnish to the said Alexander Campbell safe, *449secure and proper means for the performance by him of his duties, as such…
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