Horine v. Hammond

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This is an action to recover damages on account of personal injury caused by defendants’ negligence. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, for $1200. The defendants appeal.

In his petition, the plaintiff alleges:

“That said defendants . . . were engaged in the erection of a building in the city of Haddam City . . . and . . . employed plaintiff, who is a plasterer by trade, to assist in plastering the inside of said building; . . . and . . . was, on the first day of January, 1913, engaged with others in plastering the walls of a certain room in…