Noble v. Southland Lumber Co.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

REYNOLDS, J.

Plaintiff, a carpenter, applied to defendant’s foreman for employment on a building of defendant’s in course of construction and was told to wait a minute until he, the foreman, could ascertain if he needed plaintiff’s services; and while ,so waiting a piece of plank fell from the building on to plaintiff’s head, causing a severe injury..Plaintiff brought this suit to recover damages for the injuries so received.

Defendant denied liability, and, in the alternative, alleged that plaintiff was *283guilty of contributory negligence; that he was a trespasser on its…