Rinehart & Dennis Co. v. Brown

Rinehart & Dennis Company, Incorporated, had contracted to build numerous houses at Camp Lee, near Petersburg, and had employed a number of men, including the defendant in error, Brown, to do the work. This action was brought by Brown, the defendant in error, hereinafter called the plaintiff, against Rinehart & Dennis Co., Inc., hereinafter called the defendant, to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the negligence of the defendant.

Counsel for the plaintiff in his opening statement to the jury said “that the Rinehart & Dennis Company was…