Sykes v. Packer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1881, No. 82. Case, by Morton A. Packer against Loftus Sykes and Joseph Sykes, trading as L. Sykes & Son, to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiif caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas No. 4, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1881, No. 82. Case, by Morton A. Packer against Loftus Sykes and Joseph Sykes, trading as L. Sykes & Son, to recover damages for an injury to the plaintiif caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants. On the trial, before Briggs, J., the following facts appeared The defendants were builders of iron structures, and were engaged in the construction of an iron shed upon a pier on the river Delaware. In this work they had employed the plaintiff as a rigger. The defendant, Joseph Sykes, being aloft upon a rafter,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercub
The plaintiffs in error are builders of iron structures. They were engaged in the erection of an iron building over a pier on the wharf. The work was being done according to plans prepared by an architect of large experience, and as he testifies, he was “ from time to time ” superintending the same: but was not present when the accident occurred. The rafters were to rest on iron columns, and were put in place by the aid of block and tackle. Both parties, and riggers, and laborers, were engaged in the work. Three or four of the rafters were in place. While the plaintiff and defendant and other…
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