Eller v. Loomis

1 I. Plaintiff is a brickmason by trade, and in November, 1893, he was employed to work on a building being erected by defendant at Farley, Iowa. While so ■engaged, he, with others, was on a scaffold that, because of the weight thereon, fell, and plaintiff was injured; and this action is for damages sustained by him, under a claim that •defendant was required to and did erect the scaffold, and in so doing was negligent, because of which he (plaintiff) was injured. The answer put in issue the claim that defendant was required to make the scaffold, or that he did erect it, or was guilty of…