Fisher v. Minegaux
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a District Court.
1Opinion of the Court
*425The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrrtson, J.
The state of the case shows, on the part of the plaintiff, that the plaintiff was working upon a scaffold which he had erected 'in front of a house being constructed by one Laughran.
The plaintiff worked for Laughran, who was the owner and who did the mason and bricklaying work.
The scaffold was held in position by a series of “put-logs” or timbers, projecting from a point fourteen feet inside the building out six feet in front, through the window spaces and resting on the sills. On the inside of the building the “put-logs” were fastened…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sheridan v. FoleySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1895
- Jansen v. Mayor of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1897