Haakensen v. Burgess Sulphite Fibre Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Coos, Case, for personal injuries caused by the fall of a staging upon which the plaintiff was at work laying brick. Trial by jury, resulting in a disagreement. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, which was all that was introduced, the defendants moved for a non-suit. The motion was denied, and they excepted.
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Coos, Case, for personal injuries caused by the fall of a staging upon which the plaintiff was at work laying brick. Trial by jury, resulting in a disagreement. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, which was all that was introduced, the defendants moved for a non-suit. The motion was denied, and they excepted. Transferred from the September term, 1911, of the superior court by Pike, J. The evidence tended to prove the following facts: The plaintiff was employed to lay brick. He was not hired to build the stagings upon which the masons worked and 'had nothing to do with…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
If the defendants undertook to furnish the staging as a completed structure for the plaintiff to work upon, it was their duty to see that it was reasonably safe and suitable for the purpose for which it was intended. In such case their duty would be a personal one, for the negligent performance of which they could not escape liability by delegating its execution to servants or agents. Thompson v. Bartlett, .71 N. H. 174; English v. Amidon, 72 N. H. 301; Lambert v. Company, 72 Vt. 278, 282; Arkerson v. Dennison, 117 Mass. 407, 412; Callahan v. Academy, 180 Mass. 183; McCone v. Gallagher, 16 N.…
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