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GAYNE v. PHILIP CAREY MFG. CO.

385 Pa. 618 (1956)

Gayne, Appellant, v. Philip Carey Manufacturing Company.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cormac J. Malloy, with him Gray, Anderson & Schaffer, for appellant.

Thomas E. Comber, Jr., with him Pepper, Bodine, Frick, Scheetz & Hamilton, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, June 25, 1956:

Plaintiff brought an action in trespass against defendant, who was a building contractor. Plaintiff is an electrician who is in the employ of a sub-contractor who at the time of the accident was engaged in construction work on a building at Tabor Road and Harrison Street, Philadelphia. On February 21, 1951, plaintiff erected a scaffold which was supported on one end by a ladder and on the other end by an open door, against...

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