Dubois v. Mill

The plaintiff, a steam fitter employed by an independent contractor, has obtained a verdict for personal injuries sustained by reason of being thrown off a ladder through the negligence of one of the employees of the defendant while the plaintiff was working at the defendant’s mill. The jury, in answer to a special question submitted to them, found that the plaintiff’s work was merely ancillary and incidental to, and not a part of or process in, the trade or business conducted by the defendant. The defend*473ant excepted to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict and to the refusal of two…