Holzer v. Tucker
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. — W. S. Hamilton, Judge. Action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by appellant. A verdict was directed against him, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSalinger, J.
master and servant : place vaní’s’dutv°to make place I. Workmen employed by defendants were engaged in building up ° ° ° 0 A ^in partitions with planks. When the partition got as high as a man could readily reach, a platform whereon to continue to work was constructed in the following manner: At a point on the wall higher than the point which the partition had reached, a plank was nailed for a cleat. One end of a plank or planks was laid upon this cleat, and the other upon a solid iron rod, an inch and a quarter thick. There was pres*1207ent an ample supply of planks and rods, so that any workman…
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- Forney v. J. C. Mardis Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1912
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