Fore v. Geary

On . November, 1924, plaintiff was at work, as a stonemason, on a building located near Black Mountain, North Carolina, then in process of construction by defendant, J. M. Geary, as contractor for defendant, E. S. Terry, as owner. He was 53 years of age, and had been a stonemason for twenty-five years. He had been at work on this building about two months. It was a large building, and was to be used as a residence by defendant, F. S. Terry. The outside walls were of *91stone. On said day carpenters were at work inside the building; there was quite a number of men working there, carpenters,…