Jones v. Gamble
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Charles Gamble, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 17th day of March, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury for $488, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the lltli day of March, 1910, denying the defendant’s motion for a nonsuit and his motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Kruse, J.:
The plaintiff, a carpenter, was employed by the defendant, a contractor, in erecting a farmhouse. A scaffold had been built around the house in progress of erection. The scaffold was built in sections, two planks laid side by side rested upon crosspieces, one end of the crosspiece being nailed to the house and the other end to an upright. As the work progressed the platform or scaffold was raised. The planks were put on crosspieces higher up. This was what the plaintiff was engaged in 'doing when the scaffold gave way. One plank had been put on the higher crosspiece and the…
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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