Maughmer v. Behring

JAMES, Chief Justice.

In this case we make the following conclusions of fact and law:

1. All the testimony (that of plaintiff himself) shows that his contract of employment as a workman did not devolve upon defendant, his employer, the duty of providing or erecting scaffolds upon which he was to work; the undisputed evidence is that the workmen themselves made the scaffolds. The legal conclusion from the above facts is, that all the contentions made by appellant based on the fact that it was the duty of defendant to use reasonable care in providing scaffolds, are of no force.

2. There is no…