Loid v. J. S. Rogers Co.

*785The opinion of the court was delivered by

VkedeNBURGH, J.

This action is brought by the representative of a deceased employe against his employer to recover damages for the death of the employe, occasioned by the fall of a wooden hoisting derrick, which was in use in the construction of a building then in the course of erection by the intestate and others. When it fell, a rope attached to its top, caught, or became entangled with his limbs, throwing him down from the third story to the ground. The edifice under construction was a large structure known as “The Burlington County Insane Asylum.’'…