Conner v. Pioneer Fire-Proof Const. Co.

In the case of Conner against the Pioneer Fire-proof Construction Company, tried before me, wherein the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, a petition for a new trial was allowed. I was in hopes that this application would be submitted to Justice Miller, as the case is one upon which I have great doubt. The facts, in a general way, are these: The plaintiff was employed as a tiler in the West Hotel, in Minneapolis, the defendant having the contract for the tiling. In pursuance of that work, it was necessary for the tilers to go upon a platform in order io roach the ceilings, which were…