Fountain v. Willard-Slater Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in -the opinion of the court. John Murray Marshall, Walter Gould Lincoln, Perry F. Backus, and Roy V. Reppy, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtHenshaw, J.
Defendant Willard-Slater Company, under contract with the Los Angeles city school district, was erecting for it a school building in Los Angeles. It engaged defendant Venable to do the work of plastering this building. Plaintiff in turn was employed by Venable as a hod-carrier. In the building was a flight of stairs. The permanent stringers or supports of the steps were in place and across and resting upon them were temporary treads, of Oregon pine, one inch thick by six inches wide laid flatwise. The stairway was eleven feet five inches wide. The stringers were at each end and in the middle.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ryan v. IronsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906
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- Raich v. Aldon Construction Co.California Court of Appeal · 1954
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