Kangas v. Champion Iron Co.

Plaintiff’s husband, Leander Nangas, was killed while employed by defendant Cardinal, assisting in taking down an old coal trestle on the premises of the defendant Champion Iron Company. The trestle had been in disuse for several years, and the defendant company sold it to defendant Cardinal for $25, with permission to take it away as and when he chose. In November, 1921, Cardinal employed Nangas and one Varney to take down six bents. On July 8, 1922, they were employed to take down three more bents. While doing so that part of the trestle on which they were working collapsed. As a result the…