Chester v. W. A. Murtfeldt Co.

The plaintiff’s intestate, a sheet metal worker, while in one of the penthouses on the roof of a building in process of construction, fell through a ventilating duct or vent leading to the ground floor, dying shortly after his injuries without conscious suffering. A verdict was ordered for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, and the case is here on the report of the presiding judge.* It being conceded, that due notice of the time, place and cause of the accident was given, only the questions of the due care of the decedent and the defendant’s negligence are presented.

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