Roberts v. Kelly Axe & Tool Co.

HATCHER, PRESIDENT:

The defendant protests a judgment of $8,000.00 recovered by plaintiff on account of personal injuries sustained by him while at work upon its premises for an independent contractor.

The Metal Products Company contracted with the South Side Foundry and Machine Works to erect six smokestacks at defendant’s plant. The stacks were to be set up at places indicated to a Mr. Flynn, representing the Products Company, by a Mr. Thayer, representing the Machine Works. The record contains a stipulation that about the same time a contract of like tenor and effect was entered into between…