Jonescu v. Orlich

Plaintiffs intestate, Laker Jonescu, met his death on January 29, 1917, by falling through a skylight on the roof of defendant’s building at 1192 Russell street, in the city of Detroit. He was a car*91penter by trade, and had been engaged by defendant to make repairs on the premises. It is the claim of the plaintiff that the deceased was employed by the defendant as a day laborer. That on the day in question defendant’s brother Andrew, who, plaintiff claims, had charge of the work for defendant, asked the deceased to go with him to a platform which extended in the rear of the second story of the…