Schneider v. Philadelphia Quartz Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 344, Jan. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from order of O. F. Delaware Co., June T., 1906, No. 195, refusing to take off nonsuit in case of Joseph Schneider v. Philadelphia Quartz Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered a compulsory nonsuit which it subsequently refused to take off. Error assigned was refusal to take off nonsuit.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stewart,
The plaintiff’s statement charged, in very general terms, a negligent, unsafe and unworkmanlike construction of the scaffolding from which the plaintiff fell. What it was that actually occasioned the fall from which plaintiff’s injuries resulted, can be gathered only from the evidence. The defendant company, for the purpose of building higher the brick walls of its manufacturing plant, had constructed a scaffolding about the building for the use of the workmen thus employed. The plaintiff had been engaged for ordinary labor, but, three days before the accident…
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