Lawrence v. Industrial Commission

Plaintiff in error, J. R. Jenks, is a plasterer by trade. Defendants in error are the owners of a building located in the city of Sterling in Whiteside county, the second and third floors of which are rented to Albert T. Scovill, who conducts a business college therein. William T: Galt is in the real estate and insurance business and as agent of defendants in error is in charge of the renting and repair of the building. Jenks, while repairing the plaster on the third floor of the building, on August 18, 1942, received an injury to his left shoulder occasioned by a fall. He filed a claim under…