Finan v. E. T. Mason Co.

Citations

• 264 Pa. 394
• 107 A. 692
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 659

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Contributory negligence.</p> <p>Where a workman uses in his work a ladder properly fitted with brads and spikes upon one side, which prevent it from slipping, when it is properly placed with its spiked side underneath, and he leaves the ladder-one evening properly placed, with the intention of using it on the following morning, but during the night the ladder is used by some other person, who in replacing it, turns the wrong side of the ladder to the wall, and the workman on the following morning proceeds to use it, without any inspection whatever, and the ladder slips from under him, and he is injured, he is guilty of contributory negligence, and cannot recover damages from his employer for his injuries.</p>