Sullivan v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. T. A. Gill, Judge. The following instructions were given for plaintiff: “ 1. If you believe from the evidence that, at the time and place in evidence, the plaintiff was in the employment of, and at work for, the defendant, under the orders, direction and control of a foreman who acted for the defendant in superintending the men employed and the work then being done- in the removal of the roof of defendant’s icehouse ; that while so…
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Appeal from, Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. T. A. Gill, Judge. The following instructions were given for plaintiff: “ 1. If you believe from the evidence that, at the time and place in evidence, the plaintiff was in the employment of, and at work for, the defendant, under the orders, direction and control of a foreman who acted for the defendant in superintending the men employed and the work then being done- in the removal of the roof of defendant’s icehouse ; that while so engaged in that work a defect was discovered in the tie-beam supporting the scaffolding in evidence; that plaintiff did…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, P. J.
Action for damages for injuries resulting to plaintiff in consequence of the falling of a portion of a scaffold or staging, upon which plaintiff and other carpenters under Prather, their foreman and the agent of the defendant, were engaged in removing an icehouse of the latter, which was to be erected at another place.
The work was begun by sawing the roof into sections of seven or eight feet in width and letting them down upon a staging then being erected by some of the carpenters while plaintiff and Lauffer were upon the roof engaged in sawing the roof into sections. This staging was formed…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bowen v. Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Moore v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1885
- Arkerson v. DennisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- McDermott v. Hannibal & St. Joseph RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1885
3Cited by24 opinions
- Doyle v. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Russ v. Wabash Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1892
- Donahoe v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- MacKlin v. Fogel Construction Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Duerst v. St. Louis Stamping Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
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