Butler v. Armour Fertilizer Works

The evidence offered by plaintiff tends to establish tbe allegations of bis complaint, with respect to tbe cause and extent of bis injuries.

On 30 May, 1925, plaintiff was at work for defendant as a carpenter. He was directed by bis foreman to go up on a scaffold, wbicb defendant bad caused to be erected in tbe building upon wbicb plaintiff was at work. While plaintiff and a fellow-workman were standing upon a board in tbis scaffold, engaged in tbe performance of their duties as employee of defendant, tbe board suddenly broke, causing plaintiff to fall a distance of about eight feet to tbe…