MacDonald Engineering Co. v. Manns
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Action by John Manns, by Fred Manns, his guardian ad litem, against the MacDonald Engineering Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
In this case the defendant was erecting a grain elevator building, and it became necessary to remove certain false work from the ceiling above the bins. To accomplish this stringers were laid upon angle irons which stood some 3 feet above the floor on each side of an open bin about 20 feet apart, and loose planks laid across these stringers. The false work was only about 5 feet above the planks, so that the workmen standing on them could reach up and remove it. Three stringers had been made under the direction of the defendant’s assistant superintendent out of 2x6 material…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stewart v. . FergusonNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
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