Bannon v. Watson

Opinion of the Court by

Judge McCandless

Affirming.

W. P. Bannon is a plastering contractor, and James Watson a laborer in that trade. While working for the former stuccoing the walls of the Transylvania University in Lexington, a defective scaffold upon which Watson was standing gave way, and he was precipitated to the ground below, receiving serious and permanent injuries.

Alleging negligence, Watson sued Bannon in the Jefferson circuit court, and recovered a judgment for $8,000.00. On this appeal the only ground relied upon for reversal is that at the time of the injury Watson and his employer…