Mitchell v. Schofield's Sons Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Macon — Judge Hodges. November 21, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
This was an action for damages by Mrs. M. E. Mitchell against Schofield’s Sons Company for the homicide of her son. From the record it appears that the deceased was a boilermaker employed by the defendant company in the erection of a large creosote tank in the yards of the Central of Georgia Kailway Company in Savannah, Georgia, and while so engaged he was (in the course of his duties) standing, with several other workmen, upon the top of a scaffold inside the tank, fitting and riveting a steel plate to the top, or roof, of the tank; that while in this position the scaffolding collapsed,…
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