Schiffer v. Sauer Co.

Citations

• 238 Pa. 550
• 86 A. 479
• 1913 Pa. LEXIS 1008

Syllabus

<p>Negligence — Buildings in course of erection — Contractors—Persons on premises — Licensee—Gas explosion.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for personal injuries where it appears that plaintiff, a carpenter seeking employment, entered a building in the course of erection while the defendants, one a contractor employed to do the plumbing work in the building and the other a gas company which was to furnish gas thereto, were jointly engaged in testing and inspecting the gas pipes, and was injured by an explosion resulting from the omission to plug or cap two openings in the main gas line in the building, judgment is properly entered by the court in favor of the defendants since the plaintiff was a mere licensee, and the only duty the defendants owed him was to abstain from inflicting on him an intentional, wanton or wilful injury.</p>