Cummings v. Union Quarry & Construction Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff, Ray Cummings, while engaged in the performance of a contract independently entered into between him and defendant, Union Quarry and Construction Company. Tried to a jury, a verdict was returned in plaintiff's favor for the sum of $1,250; and defendant's appeal from the judgment entered on the verdict has followed in the usual course.

Defendant's business, as its name would imply, was that of quarrying and selling rock which it obtained from its quarry located at Marcus and Natural Bridge Avenues in the City of St.…