Robert Webb, Jr. v. Old Salem, Inc.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity jurisdiction case, Robert Webb, Jr., a Virginia citizen, sought damages for injuries sustained in his fall from a scaffold claimed to have been negligently erected by agents of Old Salem, Inc., a North Carolina corporation. The primary question presented on Webb’s appeal from the district court’s denial of recovery is one of contract interpretation. We read the contract differently than did the district judge, and reverse.

Old Salem, Inc., a charitable corporation engaged in the restoration and maintenance of buildings, furnishings, and other objects…