American Box & Lumber Co. v. Chandler

Ellis, J.;

— Warren F. Chandler, a carpenter, was at work on the construction of a two-story wooden building being-erected for the American Box & Lumber Company in Jacksonville on April 15, 1927. Chandler was at work on a scaffold erected on the west side of the building when one of the ledger boards of the scaffold broke causing the floor boards of the scaffold to give way and Chandler fell to the ground sustaining some injuries.

At the time, four men were on the scaffold: Mr. Eddy, Mr. McDowell, Mr. McNamara and the plaintiff, Mr. Chandler. They were standing very near to each other, two on…