Hale v. Johnson

This was an action upon the case, brought by Johnson against defendants Hale, Moss and Rowe. The declaration alleges that Rowe was erecting a building upon certain premises which he owned; that he employed Hale and Moss as his contractors and servants in such erection; that Hale and Moss employed Johnson, the plaintiff, as a day-laborer and servant upon the building, and that he was working there under their direction and control; that while he was so engaged, there was an unsafe wall on the premises liable to fall; that this was known to each of the defendants, but not to plaintiff; that…