Grainger & Co. v. Jeffries

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Affirming.

■The appellee, Jeffries, was an employe of the Louisville Yarnish Company, at whose plant a fire had occurred that destroyed the roof of a building on its premises, the eaves of which were about 12 or 15 feet above the level of the ground. The heat from the fire had bent the iron rafters on this building and Grainger & Company were employed by the varnish company to take out these rafters and replace them. In taking down the rafters the employes of Grainger & Company would carry them to the edge of the roof and drop them to the ground. In dropping…