Williamson v. Wellman

This is an action by J. W. Wellman against W. W. Williamson to recover damages for injuries received when a platform on which Wellmhn was standing collapsed. The verdict was for the plaintiff below and was approved by the trial court. There are numerous errors assigned. A brief statement of the facts is essential to an intelligent understanding of the legal points involved. For convenience, the parties will be referred to in the position they occupied in the court below.

The defendant owned a two-story house in the city of Danville. The second floor was divided into two separate flats…