Williams v. Ransom
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. John Q. Park, Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s case is bottomed on, this statute: “All scaffolds used in or for the erection of any kind of building, shall be well and safely supported, and so secured as to insure the safety of persons working thereon, against the falling thereof.”
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Eon. John Q. Park, Judge. (1) Plaintiff’s case is bottomed on, this statute: “All scaffolds used in or for the erection of any kind of building, shall be well and safely supported, and so secured as to insure the safety of persons working thereon, against the falling thereof.” R. 8. 1899, secs. 6447 and 6450. (2) Said statute applies to Williams’s case because the scaffold that fell and injured him was, at the time, being used in and for the erection of the building. Said section did not apply in the Forbes case, 198 Mo. 193, because the scaffold in that…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, P. J.
— Defendants, a copartnership, were erecting a two-story hrieh warehouse with basement. Plaintiff, a carpenter of twenty-seven years’ experience, was employed to.work thereon. Defendants had in their employ architects who had general supervision of the work and plans, a foreman by the name of Barber, who had in hand the general supervision of the workmen .(carpenters and helpers) and the work under the plans of the architects, four carpenters, and some six or eight carpenters’ helpers. Plaintiff was one of the four carpenters, and working with him was another carpenter by the name of Hodge.…
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