Matheny v. Edwards Ice Machine & Supply Co.

DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

On May 8, 1929, the Medford Ice & Storage Company was constructing' an addition to its refrigerating and cold storage plant at Medford, Or., and under contract the appellee, Edwards lee Machine & Supply Company, was installing refrigeration pipes therein. Hereinafter these two companies will be referred to, respectively, as the storage company and the supply company. While, as an employee of the storage company, appellant was engaged in wheeling concrete in the plant, he was struck by a piece of steel which employees of the supply company permitted to fall from a point…