Ladwig v. Jefferson Ice Co.

The plaintiff was injured by the fall of a scaffold or staging upon which he was working in the interior of an icehouse at a height of about twenty-two feet above the floor. This scaffold or staging was fastened against the inside-wall of the icehouse and consisted of two triangular brackets-about ten feet apart with a two-inch plank running across and resting upon their-upper surfaces. The controlling facts are-without dispute. There were thirty of these brackets, all alike. The plaintiff and his fellow workmen constructed the brackets, selected them for use, and attached them to the inside…