WELLMAN v. GAS CO.

No. 33361.

160 Ohio St. 103 (1953)

WELLMAN, APPELLEE, v. THE EAST OHIO GAS CO., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 1, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. L. Countryman and Mr. Steven Chuey, for appellee.

Messrs. Manchester, Bennett, Powers & Ullman and Mr. John H. Ranz, for appellant.


ZIMMERMAN, J.

The salient facts are as follows: Plaintiff was employed as a welder's helper by the Fithian Contracting Company, an independent contractor, which, under a written contract with the defendant, was laying a six-inch gas line for it along Belle Vista avenue, running in a northerly and southerly direction in the city of Youngstown. Defendant had its inspectors "on the job" to see that Fithian performed its work according to specifications.

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