Swenson v. Wilson & Baillie Manufacturing Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Action by Peter E. Swenson against the Wilson & Baillie Manufacturing Company. Judgment in favor of defendant, and cause heard on exceptions directed to be heard in the first instance by the Appellate Division. New trial granted.
1Opinion of the CourtWoodward, J.
The plaintiff is a carpenter. He was engaged by the defendant in putting in certain temporary arches between the iron girders in a power house in course of construction, for the purpose of affording a foundation for the concrete filling between such girders. He had been at work for some days upon this line of work, and it appears that he had been in the habit of picking up such pieces of planking as he found about the building, and using them across the iron girders, to form a platform for himself in placing these temporary arches. The accident complained of occurred early in the morning,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Welk v. Jackson Architectural Iron WorksAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
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- Steel & Masonry Contracting Co. v. ReillyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1913