DeWinter v. Capp Homes, Inc.

MR. JUSTICE JOHN CONWAY HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This action came before the district court of the eleventh judicial district, Lincoln County, on the complaint of'the plaintiff, Peter DeWinter, for personal injuries sustained in a fall from the roof of a house on which he was working on November 2, 1966. Defendant, Capp Homes, Inc., is in the business of selling precut and prefabricated homes, and as a part of the price, sets up the framing of the house. All inside work and shingling was to be done by the purchaser.

In this case, Capp Homes had sold one of its units to a…