Holden v. Meehan

The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendants in the amount of $1,516.66 for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by their negligence. At the time of the accident the defendants were tearing down an old building in Ovid, Michigan, and erecting a larger building on the same site. Work on both buildings was being carried on at the same time. The plaintiff was employed to assist in this work. He claims that he was employed to do work of a general character, and that the only requirement was that he should keep busy. At the time he received his injuries he was…