Langdon v. City of West Aelis

On November 11, 1930, plaintiff was employed as a structural iron-worker, and was working upon a building being erected on Lapham street in the city of West Allis. For the purpose of lifting steel-beams and other steel*327work into place, the contractor had set up inside of the curbing and in front of the building under construction a derrick consisting of an upright post, a boom, rope, tackle, and pulleys. Tn order to support and keep in place the upright post or gin-pole, two ropes were fastened to the top of it and extended across Lapham street. One of these ropes was tied to a telephone-post…