Barkley v. South Atlantic Waste Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN to recover damages for personal injuries received , by the breaking of a scaffold on wbicb plaintiff was at work, tried before Ferguson, J., and a jury, at October Term, 1901, of MeciclenbuRg. At tbe conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence the defendant moved to nonsuit, which motion was allowed, and plaintiff appealed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBe-owN, J.
Tbe plaintiff offered evidence tending to prove that he was a carpenter in defendant’s service, and at the time of the injury had been working down in a warehouse. On 8 June Mr. Michael, foreman of the carpenters, came for plaintiff and ordered him to go into the factory, which had been damaged by fire and was being repaired, and to “ceil the overhead and case up the'joists and truss beams.” Plaintiff states: “Mr. Michael came after me at the wareroom; told me that the scaffold that I would find was already constructed up there, and when I got there I found the scaffold built up on the side…
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