Federal Electric Co. v. Taylor

MOLYNEAUX, District Judge.

The defendant in error, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, brought this suit to recover damages from the plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant. The plaintiff’s injuries were sustained by him by reason of his falling from a narrow platform, while engaged in work in the service of the defendant upon an electric sign.

The sign involved was built upon the top *123of a canopy extending out from the theater building across the sidewalk. On the north and south sides of the canopy there were illuminated electric signs, so arranged that large letters ■…