Rudison v. Glover
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Thos. C. W. Ellis, Judge. Action by Agnes Rudison against George ¿T. Glover and the Roebling Construction Company. Action settled as to the Roebling Construction Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Glover appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSommerville, J.
Moses Rudison, while hoisting pipe from the street to an upper floor of the Whitney-Central building, then in an early stage of construction, was killed by a piece of falling timber. It was established that the piece of timber fell from the building, but there is nothing in the evidence to show from what floor it fell, or what caused it to fall.
George Glover was the general contractor. His codefendant, the Roebling Construction Company, had from him a subcontract to do the concrete work. Deceased was 45 or 46 years old, was in good health, had for more than three weeks prior to the accident…
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