Decatur v. Chas. H. Tompkins Co.

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

An appeal from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict for the defendant, in a suit for damages for personal injuries suffered as alleged by plaintiff by reason of the negligence of defendant.

The defendant, Charles H. Tompkins Company, is a corporation engaged in the business of erecting buildings of various kinds, and at the time of this occurrence it was constructing a large concrete warehouse in the city of Washington. The plaintiff, Decatur, is a carpenter by trade, of many years’ experience, who was hired by defendant to work in and about the building while under…