Cazzulo v. Holscher
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 64, Jan. T., 1918, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co.,- Dec. T., 1916, No. 4540, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Caterina Cazzulo v. Peter Holscher and Joseph Holscher, copartners trading as Peter Holscher and Son. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Carr, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $10,700.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 64, Jan. T., 1918, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co.,- Dec. T., 1916, No. 4540, on verdict for plaintiff, in case of Caterina Cazzulo v. Peter Holscher and Joseph Holscher, copartners trading as Peter Holscher and Son. Trespass to recover damages for death of plaintiff’s husband. Before Carr, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for plaintiff for $10,700.00 and judgment thereon. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in refusing to enter judgment for defendant n. o. v.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr.' Chief Justice Brown,
StephanO' Cazzulo, the husband of the appellee, was a stone carver in the employ of Tongnarelli & Voigt Company. The appellants, Peter Holscher and Son, were stone setters and had a contract for the setting of stone in the erection of an armory building at Thirty-second street and Lancaster avenue, in the City of Philadelphia. On May 29, 1916, they were setting the last two courses, and immediately under them Cazzulo was standing on a scaffold to carve an eagle on one of the stones. While he was thus working, the stones above him, which had just been set in…
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