Norton v. Ittner

We are of opinion that the evidence in this case was sufficient to take the ease to the jury.

The deceased was a hod carrier in the employment of defendants, and was killed whilst crossing a gangway, constructed by the defendants or their agents, from the third story of one house to the third story of another. This gangway,which was forty feet from the ground, was originally a very secure one, constructed of joists with plank on the top, and wide enough and strong enough to enable the carriers of mortar and brick to pass over safely. On the day of the accident, whilst the hod carriers were at…