Bowser v. Publicker Industries, Inc.

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff brought this action against two defendants, Publicker Industries, Inc., and P. C. Hull, to recover damages for the death of her husband, alleging it to have been caused by negligence on the part of both defendants.

Publicker, which owned and operated an industrial alcohol plant, had a contract with Fisher Tank and Welding Company under which Fisher was to erect a steel tank on Publicker’s premises. In the course of the work it became necessary to use a crane, and Hull, under contract with Fisher, supplied the latter with a crane and operator. The tank to…