Finch v. W. R. Roach Co.

Plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries sustained in falling from an alleged defectively constructed ladder furnished him by defendant. Defendant owned and operated an orchard near Lexington, Michigan, where it sold cherries at a given price, but at a lower price to those who picked the cherries themselves. It appears that those who picked for themselves were obliged to strip an entire tree before leaving the orchard. Plaintiff, his wife, and a hired man went to defendant’s orchard to pick their own. Defendant’s overseer supplied plaintiff an eight-foot three-legged ladder and…