Henessey v. Wabash Mills Co.

Citations

• 235 Pa. 31
• 83 A. 706
• 1912 Pa. LEXIS 495

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Master and servant — Night watchman — Unguarded hatchway — Safe place to worlc.</p> <p>In an action by a night watchman against his employer to recover damages for personal injuries resulting from falling down an unguarded hatchway at night, the case is for the jury, where the evidence, shows that plaintiff was injured on the second night of his employment; that the place where the accident occurred was in darkness, except for the light from a lantern on plaintiff’s arm; that the view of the open hatchway was obstructed by bundles of goods, and that according to plaintiff’s own evidence, although contradicted, his attention had not been called to the hatchway in question when he had been taken through the building at the beginning of his employment.</p>