Powers v. Iowa Glue Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from■ Polk District Coiw't. — W. S. Ayres, Judge. Plaintiff claims he was injured because the defendant, his employer, was negligent in not providing him a safe place wherein to work. He has verdict and judgment, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
I. In so far as Instruction 12, offered, withdrew the allegation that defendant permitted the place where plaintiff was injured to become unsafe from deposits of grease, the instruction was given because the court eliminated grease.
The instructions eliminate every charge of negligence except two: First, that defendant permitted its platform, at the point where plaintiff was injured, to become unsafe and dangerous, because of deposit thereon of particles of glue, which made the surface of the platform at that place “very slick,” knowing that plaintiff, in the performance of his work, would be…
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