WRIGHT-BACHMAN, INC. v. HODNETT, ET AL.

No. 29,277.

235 Ind. 307 (1956)

133 N.E.2d 713

WRIGHT-BACHMAN, INC. v. HODNETT, ET AL.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed April 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fansler, Fauvre, Dongus & Chambers, Hugh E. Reynolds, Michael L. Fansler, Slaymaker, Locke & Reynolds, of Indianapolis, for appellant.

James J. Stewart, Alvin E. Meyer, Murray, Mannon, Fairchild & Stewart, of Indianapolis, for appellee.

Townsend & Townsend, of Indianapolis, Amicus Curiae.


LANDIS, J.

This action was brought by appellee Hodnett (hereinafter called appellee) against appellant and another, to recover damages for personal injuries in falling from a scaffold, which allegedly collapsed because of a defective ladder. The first paragraph of amended complaint alleged breach of warranty concerning the ladder, and the second paragraph was grounded on negligence in the ladder's construction.

Answer in five paragraphs was filed to the complaint...

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