Nolan v. Shickle

This suit was instituted by plaintiff in the circuit court of St. Louis county to recover damages for a personal injury to plaintiff alleged to have occurred in consequence of the negligence of defendant. There is no dispute about the facts, and the case is to be determined on the testimony for the plaintiff and an instruction given by the court.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant, and at the time of the accident was engaged in putting up an iron fence around a circular gallery of the Bessemer Iron Furnace, *337in East Carondelet. The fence was made of sheet iron plates about four feet high…