Kehres v. Stuempfle

Opinion by

Me. Justice Schaefer,

This case can be disposed of without elaboration. The action is trespass to recover damages due to injuries received by plaintiff consequent upon the collapse of a coal shed in which he and others employed by a railroad company were placing coal cars on a trestle which the shed covered, It was alleged in the statement of claim that the defendants had negligently permitted the lumber of which the shed was constructed to become rotten, worn and unsound and the nails which held the lumber in place to become rusted and corroded and the shed to become unsafe and that…