Jenkins v. Banks

On exceptions. This case is before us on exceptions by the plaintiff to the admission of certain testimony in the course of the trial and to the direction of a verdict for the defendant. The action is brought by the plaintiff, Ralph E. Jenkins, against the defendant, Robert S. Banks, to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff as the result of a fall caused by the collapse of a staging upon which he was at work.

The defendant was in the roofing business, so-called, and took contracts to cover side walls and roofs with asbestos shingles. The plaintiff was working for him as an…