George A. Fuller Co. v. Darragh

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of appellant.

It was charged that appellee was injured while working for appellant, a construction company engaged in the building of the “ Fair,” a large store in Chicago; that appellee had complained because of the lack of ladders wherewith to ascend from one story to another of the skeleton steel frame in process of erection, and that appellant had promised to supply such ladders; that appellee, relying upon such promises, continued in his employment, and, as did others, went from…