WRIGHT, P.J.
The plaintiff, John Burger, brought this action in the Circuit Court of Rock Island County under the Illinois Structural Work Act (Ill Rev Stats 1961, c 48, § 60) to recover damages for injuries which he received when the scaffold upon which he was working collapsed. Plaintiff filed suit against the defendant, Henry Van Severen, who had erected the scaffold, and against the general contractor, Rock Island Lumber Company. The Rock Island Lumber Company...
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