Brown v. Grand View Auditorium, Inc.

*320^ Hi

The petitioner testified that he was a carpenter, and that on February 23d, 1939, he was engaged in repairing a basketball basket on the premises of the respondent. He stated that he was hired to do this piece of work at the rate of $1 an hour. While doing this work, the petitioner was standing on a ladder, and the ladder slipped, the petitioner fell and was injured. The petitioner testified that he had done similar jobs for the respondent before, the last one being a period of about nine months previous to the occasion on which he was injured. He testified that on the occasion of each…