Steele v. Grahl-Peterson Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court.— Iiow. J. H. Howe, J udge. Action at law to recover damages for personal injury. There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The circumstances of the plaintiff’s injury are as follows: The north wing of the Statehouse at Des Moines, Iowa, having been partially destroyed by fire the defendants, Grahl-Peterson Company and Herman & Son, obtained the contract for the work of repairing and restoring the building. As a part of the work required by their contract, defendants filled the spaces between the steel beams or joists intended to support the floor of the upper corridor and gallery with concrete of crushed stone and cement which, when completed and hardened, was designed to be held in place by the flanges…
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