Garrison v. Armstrong & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 156, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 3996, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of M. H. Garrison v. Thomas J. Armstrong, Trading as Thomas J. Armstrong & Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 156, Jan. T., 1914, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 2, Philadelphia Co., Sept. T., 1913, No. 3996, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of M. H. Garrison v. Thomas J. Armstrong, Trading as Thomas J. Armstrong & Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Barratt, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $2,500 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were rulings on evidence, instructions to the jury, answers to points, the refusal of the court to direct a verdict for defendant and to enter…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Plaintiff, a house painter in defendant’s employ, was injured by the falling of a scaffold, upon which he was working, due to the breaking of a rung of one of the ladders which supported it. Plaintiff’s evidence was to the effect that the accident happened on the first day of his employment by defendant. Plaintiff and a fellow-workman as directed by the foreman in charge of the work erected the scaffold with ladders, jacks and planks belonging to defendant, which were upon the ground. One of the ladders, the one which subsequently broke, was weather beaten and…
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