Green v. Pyne

ROBB, Associate Justice.

Appeal from a judgment in thé Supreme Court of the District in an action for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, appellant here, in falling from a third-story window sill while engaged in washing the window.

Plaintiff, whose “usual work was whitewashing fences, cleaning windows, and doing odd jobs,” entered into a contract with the defendant in June of 1919 “to clean the windows of her residence, 1702 S. Street Northwest, Washington, D. C., once a month for a period of one year.” The defendant reserved the right to discharge him at any time and specified the…