Pfisterer v. J. H. Peter & Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 57 — Action by Henry Pfisterer against J. H. Peter & Co. for Personal Injury. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, -COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. MASTER AND SERVANT. INJURY TO THE LATTER.
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Case 57 — Action by Henry Pfisterer against J. H. Peter & Co. for Personal Injury. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, -COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. MASTER AND SERVANT. INJURY TO THE LATTER. The master and those representing him are required to furnish the servant with reasonably safe appliances or safe place to work — exercising care proportioned* to the danger to be apprehended. 'Where the uncontradicted evidence shows that the master and foreman both noted that the main support of a scaffold' leading into a buillding (adopted by them) was improperly…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE BURNAM
Reversing.
This action was brought by the appellant, Henry Pfisterer, against the appellees Joseph H. Peter & Co., to recover *504damages for a personal injury which resulted to him from the falling of a scaffold on which he was standing while in their service, which it is alleged was caused by the negligence of the defendants in its construction. There is no dispute as to the facts, which may be stated briefly as follows:
On the 30th of May, 1902, the plaintiff and Lee Balck, laborers in the employ of the defendants, were directed to assist Dietsch, their…
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