Haworth v. Seevers Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. J. K. Johnson, Judge. Action for personal injuries. There was a judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal. — ■
1Opinion of the CourtGrEANGEB, J.
The Seevers Manufacturing Company is a copartnership composed of Thomas and H. W. Seevers, and the general business of the firm is the manufacture of steam heaters, iron bridges, and various kinds of machinery, at Oskaloosa, Iowa. About the *767twenty-fifth day of March, 1886, in aid of its business,' the firm was engaged in the erection of a wooden building near its works, and the plaintiff, who is a boiler maker by trade, and a day laborer, was in the employ of the firm, and working on the building. Nor the purpose of putting the rafters in position a stage or scaffold was made on the upper…
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