Cheatham v. Hogan
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered December 26, 1907, upon granting a nonsuit, after a trial before the court and a jury, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in the fall of a scaffold:
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondents, in 1906 and 1907, constructed a five-story brick building in the city of Spokane, on property owned by them. E. J. Cheatham was the general superintendent of the work, and directed the construction work generally. One Ridpath, a carpenter, was the carpenters’ foreman, and laid out and directed the carpenter work. The appellant was a brother of the superintendent, and was employed about the building as a common laborer; it being his duty to do any sort of work he might be directed to do. The building was constructed with a light well near its center, approximately 15x45 in…
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