Ambrose v. Angus

This was an action by appellant to recover for injuries sustained while in the employment of appellees, by reason of the breaking of a derrick boom' while appellant was operating the same. '

There are five counts in the declaration.

The substance of the first count is, that the defendants “so negligently and carelessly constructed and built said derrick, and so improperly equipped it with such defective wires, ropes, pulleys, and other machinery used in operating said derrick, that the arm or boom thereof broke,” etc., and fell upon said complainant.

The second count is that the defendants…