Butera v. J. C. Mardis Co.

Tlie defendant, the J. O. Mardis Company, contracted to erect a building called the “Plat Iron Building” on a lot of the defendant, Sterling Realty Company, in Omaha. The deceased was in the employ of the Mardis Company and was killed by the fall of a load of material suspended by means of a derrick or crane over the walk. His widow, Giovanna Butera, brought this action for damages, and recovered judgment in the district court for Douglas county against the J. O. Mardis Company and the Sterling Realty Company, jointly. The defendants have appealed separately.

The Sterling Realty Company…