Freeland v. Consolidated Ice Co.

Citations

• 263 Pa. 155
• 106 A. 197
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 390

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Delivering ice.</p> <p>A man who has had an experience of twenty-six years as a helper of drivers in delivering iee, cannot recover damages from his employer for personal injuries, where it appears that, at the time of the accident, plaintiff was delivering iee at an opening in a wall seven feet above the level; that he placed a ladder in the way he desired to use it; that he went up the ladder with a lump of iee weighing one hundred pounds on his shoulder; that in the act of trying to deliver it into the opening he fell and was injured; that there was no evidence as to what caused his fall; and that the ladder was safe and in good condition.</p>