Henke v. State

This is a claim for personal injuries received by Henry Henke as a result of the breaking of a scaffold, while claimant was employed as a painter at Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois.

Claimant was employed by the Lincoln Park Board, September 21, 1901, and worked as a painter for the said board continuoixsly up- until the date of the said accident, September 29, 1902.

The evidence shows that on the day of the injury, claimant was working on a scaffold, painting the ribs of the large palm house; that the scaffold1 upon which he was working had been erected by carpenters likewise employed by the…