Pratt v. Davis

The relator commenced suit by summons against Allan McComber and John J. Bale, on the 7th of June, 1893, and subsequently filed a declaration alleging that an injury resulted to plaintiff while in the employ of the defendants, by reason of the failure of the defendants to provide plaintiff a safe place to work. The declaration set out the facts relied upon at considerable length, but was thought by plaintiff’s attorneys to be faulty, and an application was made to amend by inserting an averment, as follows:

“And the plaintiff alleges that, in thie performance of all the matters aforesaid, he…