Pieckowicz v. Oliver Iron & Steel Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Hughes,

This is an appeal from the refusal of the court below to take off a compulsory nonsuit. Sussman Brothers leased a building owned by the Oliver Iron and Steel Company, the east wall of which collapsed, causing the death of Stanley Pieckowicz. The building was located on the south bank of the Monongahela River. In 1936 it was owned by the Carnegie Illinois Steel Corporation and leased to C. L. Newsome, who conducted a grain and feed business in it. In May of that year fire occurred in the building, which left fire marks on the wall in question. In 1936 the building…