Jones, Chief Safety Inspector v. Russell

Reversing.

The Legislature at its session in 1926 passed an act to require the proper construction, use, and maintenance of scaffolding, counterfloors, staging, rigging, etc., in all construction work in cities of the first and second classes, and to provide for the appointment and to prescribe the duties of a chief and deputy safety inspector of scaffolding and counterfloors in such cities. Acts 1926, c. 124, p. 610. Louisville is the only city of the first class in the state, but there are five cities of the second class: Lexington, Covington, Newport, Paducah, and Ashland. Section 2740, Ky.…